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Looking down, I shake my head “I don’t think you’ll have a heart attack” Then I look up to catch her eye “Who are you?”

Moving to the other side of the kitchen, she turns the heat off under a large pot on the stove “I’s all the kids are into these days?”

Reaching for her arm, I stop her movements “Cut the crap Who are you really, Doris White? I know there’s a loton here than little old lady bullshit”

Stepping back against the cabinet, she crosses her arms hard over her chest as if she’s pissed For aall sides of the matter

“It’s like I said before I’reat aunt You’re my adopted sister’s kid”

“My great aunt?” Straightening, I try to think of any relatives I re adopted “Why don’t I know about you?”

“Your mother, my adopted sister’s kid, wanted a ‘norers as she says normal life “She didn’t like all this paranormal activity Witches and such”

“My dad was a shifter”

“Exactly, and I blaifts” She resu around her kitchen “Your htens, pushing lavender hair out of her face, “was the eous shade of blue-violet And her powers… Well, they were truly immense”

I feel liketo say—”

“Your reat witch? Why is that so hard for you to accept?”

Thinking back, I can only shakeMy ht home after school and do my hoot into boxing She disapproved of just about everything I did from the moment I hit puberty until I was kicked out of the pack

“She was always so… normal”

“Welp,” Doris sighs, holding up a hand and shaking her head “That’s what she wanted Your ”

“Well, she was perfectly fucking normal”