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Walking downstairs I notice the complete silence before I reach the bottom steps. The witches are not normally loud by any means but they do normally make some noise. Today there is virtually no noise. It is a little disconcerting to be in a house full of women and not hear a peep out of any of them.

In the kitchen Morden has made an unlikely appearance as well. She is still wearing the outfit from last night but she is much cleaner than before she went to speak with the Council. It is an improvement to not wrinkle my nose at the smell for sure.

"Laina, I wanted to speak with you where nobody else would hear me." She says as she rushes over to me.

"Alright, I am listening." I tell her.

"No, no. We need to go somewhere else. Do you have somewhere we could speak in complete private that is not in this house?" She asks me.

Nodding my head, I grab a cup of coffee and motion for her to follow me. The safest places that I know of are on the pack's land so that is where I am going to take he