“That’s why he thought of you as his aunt.” Chris said, now referring to Vice as ‘he’. “You’re actually his mother.” She said.
Lilia smiled and nodded, tears in her eyes.
“Then… how did Vice… why did he hurt Yelena?” I asked.
Lilia’s smile faded. “It was … the blood he got from me.” she answered. “You know that the witch’s blood is from pure evil.” She lowered her head, feeling ashamed.
“But you’re not.” Oril said, then grimaced when he remembered Lilia once cursed him.
Lilia smiled apologetically. “I didn’t intend to do that. I forgot I sometimes put spells on the food I make.” She explained. “There are just a few of us witches, the ones who were left, who don’t obey their blood.” She said. “That’s why, when that time…” she said and told us what happened when Vincent and Yelena were
