Sharing the truth

Azalea

So far it looks like they all believed me. I hated lying to them but I knew what would happen if I told them the truth. I went upstairs and retrieved the empty book that Hortencia had given me. I sat in the garden for an hour writing down the potions that were now fully formed in my head. They were altered versions of the witch's potions and I knew exactly what each would do. Then I started my story. Just in case something happened I wanted them to know why. I gave an abridged version of what got me to this point in time and laid out what I needed to do in the new few weeks because I knew that after Cassie's mating ceremony I had to go.

I took the book with me to Hortencia's. Her eyes were sad when she answered the door and I knew that she knew the time was near. She made my shadows wait outside so we could talk. After handing me a cup of tea, that's eactly what happened. I told a shortened version of what the moon goddess showed me. I showed her some of the spell