s laughter. "Do you all think this is funny? There is a possible threat to the peace we curre

West remarks. Sandara simply rolls her eyes at the witch's intentional mi

ow council member is expressly forbidden," Evanora, the Silver Witch of the East chips in. "But she provoked me first!" "She did not attack you, Witch of the West. Restrain yourself and

ch knows that she is quite old. This is because her mother called Evanora 'master' while she was alive, and her mother was over a thousand years old.

e hallucinations of a dying witch can be a very tricky thing. Still, let us not relax or lose guard. We must keep preparing for the inevitabl

n. Bye peeps' and swagger out of the venue like they own half the street," Sandara says, as she approaches the High Wit

sister. I practical

you want

t I talk to my

ter when you want to get something from me. Most of the time, I'm

called you a wither

r you telling a particular someone to not be bothered by the

's a violation of privacy, y

ree decades, and I've seen you

s of her ears turning a bright red.

, why don't you just drop by to say hell

at you came to ask me for, you might as

asked me, and I realized that it took me so long to answer because I chose to be bound by the limits of normal convention

ow affected she is by that answer. She takes a moment to get herself together,

t, she v

ra's wiry voice sounds in Sandara's ears, but it brings no relief. "C-c-can't

their offspring as tools for even more power. But I know that Estelle Vane is not

to be the one consoling her? Why?" Sandara is nothing like the strong

r emotions get the

ot a c

child to me. Now, if you're done throwing tantrums, there are m

ything in the meeting? You understand what is

be assured that I do not wish

hy did

olonged peace can turn the most powerful witches into silly women. The cycl