Damien, but aren't snakes closely allied with Beast?" I spoke quickly, following the intuitive feeling that was prompting me. "Haven't they gotten a bad reputation because historically they've been symbols of female power, and men wanted to take that power away from women and make it something disgusting and scary instead?"
"No, you're right," he said reluctantly, "but that doesn't mean letting one of Aunt's g**g into our Council is a good idea. "
"See, that's the point. I don't want it to just be our Council. I want it to be something that becomes a tradition with the school. Something that lasts beyond us. "
"So you mean if any of us don't make it through the Change, founding this new kind of Shady Daughters will be like we've lived on," Ferren Gin said, and I could see that she'd cap
