Chapter 345

[Cordelia]

"Prove it? How?"

"How much did Jude tell you about the seven families?" Suzanna inquires as my mother reenters the room. She sits beside Suzanna and pats her arm encouragingly, "And Magnus."

"He thinks he's some kind of immortal," I laugh waiting for them to join in.

The room slowly falls silent as the two ladies wait.

"You can't mean to say you believe that," I look at my mother. "That's not real. That can't be real."

"I don't know about immortal," Suzanna confirms, "but he is impossibly old. I remember him from when I was a little girl and he's always looked the same. I don't think anyone has ever seen him as a young man." She then goes on to describe how her own father researched Magnus and watched him over time. "The first time I saw him he looks exactly as he does now, and that was 45 years ago. If anything, he looks a little younger."

"Good plastic surgery, therapy, and a personal trainer," I list off, shrugging. "I'm still waiting for you to show or say something t