I woke up, exhausted and deflated from the lack of sleep after worrying. Why didn’t Hecate warn me they were both so awful? How hadn’t I seen it before? I always thought I was good at reading people but lately, everything just seemed off. As I entered the kitchen, Willa and Sage were playing with Felix and Mable. We had a peaceful breakfast just the children and me, before I’d gone upstairs to get ready. Leaving them with Maria. When I came back down, Maria wasn’t there. They were both good with the children. Sage was teaching them both how to weave willow and Willa was creating little baskets from the Willow which they weaved. They were very talented. ‘These baskets are for collecting wishes. You can fill them up and release them into the forest where they grow in the trees. As the tree

