Continued, Something Wicked
I thought the girls would be happy to see me when I showed up at La Puissance.
I knew—of course I knew—from the moment I saw them that they were my daughters.
Well, two of my daughters anyway. I spent the past years of my life collecting Gifted girls with nowhere else to go as if they could replace my babies, and my own little Gifted girls were right there all along.
But my reception wasn’t exactly warm. I suppose I can blame that on Andra. She saw too much, right from the beginning. It’s clear why Diana wanted to keep her away from me, though it doesn’t make her betrayal sting any less.
Andra is useful, but weak. Cate, on the other hand, is strong.
Formidable, even. Too bad she’s found herself Bonded to that waste of a man.
At least it will make it fun to toy with her.
It’ll be almost poetic. Harry and I were separated for so long, we’ll see how well Cate deals with being apart from her one true partner.
I had hopes of working alongside both of my remaining daughters, but Cate has made it clear she wants no part of my plans.
I’ll have to make her regret that.
—from the journal of Grecia MacVeigh