Chapter 401: Calista’s Burial

Eden’s POV

I never thought I would get the chance to have a burial for my mother. I spent my whole life thinking she was already dead. So being present at her burial was both a blessing and a bittersweet event. Zane handled all the arrangements, with the help of Brinsle, since they had known her better than anyone else at the palace.

Zane assured me that the burial was just the way Calista would have wanted it. Of course, my grandfather came too. He had such sad eyes while he watched the ceremony. He was burying his daughter, after all.

I couldn’t help feel like it was such a shame. All those years, I could have known her. Yes, she was a witch and had to live in the coven. But maybe we could have met sometimes. Then again, maybe not. Maybe it would have been too hard. Maybe it was better this way.

We all wore red. It was a color wolves wore for the most serious, revered burials. We were going against tradition a little bit by giving Calista this burial, since she wasn’t a witch. But w