Chapter 714: It's Complicated

I picked up Shenka and Sassafras on the way to see Mom. Neither of them questioned my reasoning or asked where we were going until we sat in Mom's office. And not alone. Our little group had assembled yet again, Eva Southway's sorcery blocking off the room for privacy.

Because it didn't really matter at this point if the rest of the conclave knew we were talking. Belaisle's little show and Iepa's matching tell had blown the lid off everything.

When I laid out the way I saw things to Mom and the others, my mother sighed and sank back into her chair.

"While I agree with you," she said, "what you're suggesting is complicated."

Uncle Frank snorted. "That's a nice way to put it," he said. "Syd's about to start an international witch war in front of every High Council on the plane and you think it's complicated."

I rolled my eyes at him. "It won't be seen as interference if it works," I said. "Margaret will be free to say so."

"Wherein lies the issue at hand," Sunny said. "I don't mean