Chapter thirty

Mia's pov

Josy put everything away and smiled at me, holding out her hand. I was hesitant to take it, I didn't think I was ready to meet everyone, maybe just wait another day?

"There's no need to be nervous darling. Everyone's going to love you" she said with a warm smile. "How are you so sure?" I asked, trying to delay going out to meet everyone.

"Because we've been waiting for you for way too long, we've been without a true priestess for a very long time so you finally coming back to us is like Christ returning to the humans" she said, her gaze quite cheerful. I wondered how she could be so calm about this whole thing when I'm here dying on the inside.

"What if I don't measure up? What if I'm not good enough? You say my mother was the best priestess the coven has ever had, what if I can't be her?" I asked, this time not stalling but expressing genuine concerns.

"Oh sweetheart, no one expects you to be like your mother, not even she would expect you to be like her" she said and th