How could you, Emelda?

Emelda pulled down the blankets so she could look at her grandmother.

And the first thing that Yemanja noticed was how red her eyes were. Emeda had been crying a lot.

Yemanja’s heart sank. And then she started to move from sadness to anger.

What was it with her family and this palace? Why could they not stay away? But more importantly, why did Emelda not leave.

Yemanja had transferred some of her powers to Emelda but she also knew that Emelda had gotten some more from her ancestors.

All the witches in the seven covens that surrounded the country had heard about it and itches liked to talk. By their standards, Emelda was now the most powerful witch in the country so Yemanja had been expecting her granddaughter to bring down the palace.

So why hadn’t she?

Yemanaja was still trying to figure that out when some palace officers had come for her that morning.

But of all the things she had expected to meet, a crying Emelda was