Hayle Coven Novels
Odette seated Pain herself, holding her hand as my friend shook and smiled and wiped her eyes with her pristine white napkin, now coated in black makeup.
"This is a night of great revelations," Odette lifted her glass. "We are finally one again." She saluted Pain while the rest of the family did the same. Mom held still so I did too. "Welcome home, Mia, my darling."
She smiled at her grandmother with the openness of a hurt child. "I was right," she breathed. "That's my name. They tried to call me something else, but I knew all along. I'm Mia." My friend beamed around the table, whole face altering, shifting it seemed, shoulders taking on a new set.
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