Chapter 199: Final Goodbye

Grams always said that if anyone was still sober after her wake, do it again until we did it right. – Papa Dean

The day after the wedding, the family, coven and close friends gathered at the alter again. The simple wooden box containing Gram’s ashes sat on the alter and the group faced west. As the sun went down, a lone piper played a mournful tune.

Grandmother Olivia stepped forward and placed Gram’s medallion on the box. “We are here to say goodbye to our sister, mother, grandmother, friend and confidant. She was our guiding light and the wisest of us all. She was also the oldest of us all. Blessed be, Mother.”

Others stepped up and shared simple words and memories. Seanair placed a whiskey bottle next to the box and hoped that she would never be thirsty.

“I’m going to miss yeh, mum.” Seanair said and Knuckles thought back to when he lost his own mother.

Instinctively, Nessie moved closer to him and wrapped her arms around his waist. He hugged his wife close