Chapter 74

The plan by the coven was to go to the outskirts of Linerdo where the building they had located and targeted was, retrieve Merga, and annihilate anybody else that was present. Michael was responsible for devising the strategy for the execution of this plan, which looked very much like a military operation. Michael would lead the procession, along with the high ranking witches, apart from Giselle, who would stay behind and watch the coven, in case anything happened while they were away. A host of some of the strongest and most talented witches would accompany them. It was supposed to be a quick mission and they hoped to be done before midday.

The morning of the mission, Mother Eleanor had every witch in the coven wake up early for a meeting. When they had conveyed, she gave a little pep talk.

"Witches of this coven," she began, "throughout the history of mankind, we have been at war. This is not some kind of war that stems from our insatiable desire to be m