Chapter Twenty-Three

Weird and Weirder

Connor

Things just kept getting turned upside down lately. Now Rehida, the woman who had raised him was something else? He knew the woman had secrets, everyone pretty much knew her origins were a don't ask subject, but. Witches?

His mind kept flirting back to the day Rehida sat them all down on the back porch. The way Dedrick seemed so soft now, his hand rubbing small circles in her back and his eyes full of concern.

"A long, long time ago, when heathens and Vikings began to raid, then to migrate to new lands, they would build what was called and Apex. This was a place of great spiritual importance, and there the keepers of tales and legends built homes and halls alongside gifted individuals, most called Volvas, some called Seers, though there were many names." He couldn't get over the way her eyes seemed to sparkle as she spoke, everyone listening in and even shifting forward some.

"The task was simple, to bring home with them, to give the children places to c