Chapter 119

Ava's POV

As I entered the castle, I set up my mama pacing anxiously in the hall. Her eyes locked onto mine, and she rushed towards me, gashes streaming down her face. She enveloped me in a warm grasp, holding me tightly as if she would no way let me go.

Once we composed ourselves, she led me to a near chamber, her eyes filled with concern." Tell me everything, Ava," she prompted, her voice pulsing.

I reported my entire fire, from the Black Witch's business to my deliverance by Lorcan. I also revealed the shocking verity about Lorcan's lineage, which sounded to confirm my mama 's reservations.

" I had wondered if he might be Lucifer's son," she said, her brow furrowed in study." But I could not be certain."

I pressed her for information about the longstanding feud between her and her family, the Black Witch Coven Queen. My mama 's expression turned dimmed, and she began to relate a tale of stock contest, magic, and treason that had gauged decades.

In the soft gleam of the chamber's ni