Chapter IV part ii - Cookies, Memories, & Awkward Conversation
22 of March, 2021 - First Planning Period
Cari
My entire life, I relied on certain truths to guide me, as I never expected them to change. I knew my biological father only by name and title, and saw him from a distance at social gatherings. I was the second born, so my mother seared into my psyche that I could not, under any circumstances, embarrass our family name. My older brother, who bore the weight of her expectations, grew cold and distant over the years as his ascension to power came to fruition. I loathed Valentín de Ardo with every fiber of my being, and had even made it my life’s mission to step out of his prodigious shadow and make a name for myself in the witch community.
At no point could I have ever predicted
