Oh no she did not. My heart stopped a moment before making me fight for air as it thudded back to motion. I heard a few more gasps from the witches around me as I finally understood what she was saying.

She wanted me to strip my mother of her power. To reduce her to nothing, all so I could keep sitting with the other leaders.

Yeah, that was going to happen.

I'm sure my outrage was written all over my face, but it wasn't long before I felt someone stand beside me ...