“He wasn’t a Satanist of course; he was just very talented at using magic. After he was sentenced to death, the bishop’s council overseeing his ...rial, asked if he had any last words. The last thing he said to anyone was that there would be a descendant of his that would bring the Order to its knees. He was burned at the stake for witchcraft.”“And you think that Meredith is that descendant?” Hannah asked.“I know she is,” Lilith replied. She and Hannah sat quietly for a few minutes before she. We found ourselves at the same parties and she was in one of my classes. One night, after class (it was a night class), we sat and talked in the dorm lounge. We both were nervous, but the conversation went well. Before she headed up to her room, I said, “Shari, would you like to have dinner tomorrow night?” She smiled and said yes. The next night, we went to a little dinner just off campus and continued our conversation from the previous evening. We had a lot in common and as we left, I reached. It didn't bother me any, I was already drinking water because I still had to drive us home. We paid our bills separately, being just friends and all headed out of the restaurant. When we got outside near the car, Brittany was acting really strange. She was almost crying. I asked her what was bothering her and she said " I've had a crush on you for a few years now and I finally worked to courage to dress like this for you, but you barely acknowledge it". Little did she know I was tucking my. "Phone call for Aaron Caine." He glances around the room, but everyone looks at me eventually. The teacher looks annoyed, but if they've sent someone to get me she has to let me leave. I go with the boy who waits for me just outside the door."Yes?"He gives me this pitying look as he begins to walk back to reception."It's your mother."The reception staff, a trio of middle aged women, leave me in the back office alone with the phone. I pick it up, as if it's a snake that might bite, and hold it.