#Chapter 295 Coven Introduction

Tessa’s POV

“How is that possible?” Patty asked, staring at Esme like she had grown an extra head. “Are you saying Lucias had been controlling us this entire time?”

“Yes,” Esme said, folding her arms across her chest as she fell deep into thought. “That’s exactly what I’m saying.”

“But how??”

“I don’t have all the answers. But it’s the only thing that makes sense,” Esme said.

“He’s not strong enough to pull something like that off,” she said, shaking her head at the very thought.

“He must have had some help then,” Esme said. “I’m not sure how he did it. But how else could you explain this memory loss?”

“I don’t know…” Patty admitted, her eyes filling with even more tears as she thought about it. Then her eyes shifted to Derek and some of the other younger members. “Some of you weren’t even here during the war. What do you remember?”

“Most of us didn’t have a coven and Lucias recruited us,” Derek explained. “He told me that his coven would take me in without any questions asked. I was