Chapter 49: The Journey

“What?” I say with disbelief.

“I am your great-great-great-great Grandmother.” She says.

She looks not a day older than 30.

“Are you a time traveler?” I ask, as it seems the only possible explanation if what she says is true.

The women all laugh heartily. My ignorance amuses them immensely.

“No my dear!” Fat tears roll down her face as she heartily laughs. “I’m six hundred years old!”

I feel the color draining from my face. I feel faint. Am I dreaming? I pinch myself. No. This is real.

“Is this some kind of joke?” I ask. I look to the Luna trying to read her expression.

“Rhea, did you not tell the girl on your way here?” The woman who is supposedly my four times great grandmother demands.

I look to my mother for her response. Tell me what?

“I began to tell her!” My mother protests.

“I’m Cassiphone. I am the High Priestess. You may call me the Great Mother. ” The woman says.

“I started to tell her about our line,” my mother began.

“Silence!” Cassiph