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PLEASE NOTE: SASSAFRAS contains spoilers for the HAYLE COVEN NOVELS. Do not read before #7, FLESH AND BLOOD.


Banished

Power engulfed me, a strong hand stroking my fur as Ahbi's mind met mine. I wish you well, Sassafras, she sent. Do come to visit someday.

No time to respond, not while her magic lifted me, sent me forward, toward the gap in the veil, through it—

My new body fell, landed hard on cold, wet gravel, the light from the veil shining one more moment. It snapped shut behind me, leaving me alone in the cold dark.

When the demon boy Sassafras breaks Demonicon’s oldest law and strips the power of another, he is sentenced to death. Only his influential father’s pleading commutes Sass’s sentence to banishment. Forced into the body of a silver Persian, his power taken from him, he is dumped in the dark streets of Victorian London and left to die. Rescued by a young witch and integrated into her family, Sassafras finds purpose at last, guiding and loving the Hayle family, sharing his heart with the remarkable coven he claims as his own.

Hayle Coven Universe: Sassafras

I wish I could say Mahalia's trial was fast and efficient and that this particular blighted chapter of the Hayle family's history closed so rapidly we were able to move on. But, sadly, it was not the case. I was able to testify to my own assault before a gathering of ominous, but hesitant witches. Though my word was paired with Lilibeth's ghostly testimony, as well as endless stories from family members of her cruelty, it took the conclave of witches almost two years to finally find Mahalia guilty.


At least I was spared seeing the echoes of my loved ones paraded out before the assemblage. There had been the suggestion speaking to Sydlynn and Thad, Orin and Auburdeen might uncover more information, but I knew such a request was simply a delay tactic. Not because the Council wanted to save Mahalia. But because I was fairly certain, from their horror and guilt, they couldn't bring themselves to believe a coven leader could be so purely evil.


Chapter 36: Enforcer