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Chapter Fifteen

Since Luciana always dressed conservative in her long skirts, it made me want to wear ood little bruja I wanted off coven land onize her

Claudia lent me a floral dress that tied at the waist It brushed the tops of , but it wasn’t short either I even braided tails I slipped on some flip-flops and checked irly, innocent vibe

I met Claudia, Raphael, and Daniel in the kitchen "Ready?" I said to theo south, let aze "It’s not going to go wrong This plan is genius" Okay So maybe I sounded a little more sure of myself than I actually was, but confidence wasto be my assumption Hopefully that was partially correct

We walked to Luciana and Daniel’s house and knocked

"Yes" Luciana opened the door "Is there sorind ive her a sweet smile Or what I hoped was a sweet smile "Tia Rosa came to visit yesterday and invitedthat well--I sees--and she offered to help But I’d have to go to her house"

"Rosa hasn’t stepped foot on the compound in over twenty years You want me to believe that she was here? Yesterday?"

I tried not to show my shock She hadn’t been here since before my abuela died? "I don’t knohy she’s stayed away, but she came to talk to me You said I was to come here to learn the ways of the coven, but I see a bit of a disconnect" She started to speak up, but I talked over her "It’s not Daniel’s fault He’s been really patient with o?"

Her eyes narrowed and I swore I could feelto need to call her Wait here"

Claudia started whispering "Shhh," I said I wanted to listen in on the conversation

I closed my eyes and focused on the sounds in the house Luciana’s steps as she walked along the old hardwood floors The push tones rang out as she dialed Rosa’s number

"Hola," Rosa said as she answered

"Rosa" The venom was thick in Luciana’s voice