If her tone there is dry, it's because it is. She settles into her seat before leaning back for a long story.
"My mom's twin was a siphoner, like me. He was also a psychopath. And he was determined to win the merge and take control of the coven, because in his mind, there was no way that he could lose. But the coven knew that he would be terrible for the job, so they started trying to find ways around him. My grandparents kept having more children until they had another set of twins - Olivia and Lucas."
She swallows hard, because this is where things get messy. "When Kai caught on to what they were doing, he went nuts. Slaughtered most of his other siblings and tried to kill the twins, but my mother managed to hide them, and told him that she would complete the Merge with him, right then, but it was a trap. She had put her magic away and the rest of the coven used the opportunity to trap him in a prison world with an ascendant. My mom went off to the military and medical school, Liv and Luke were set to complete the Merge when they turned twenty-two, life moved on. At least until a Bennett witch and a Salvatore vampire got caught in Kai's prison world."
Which is an even longer story, so she's going to skip that for right now.
"Bennett blood activates the ascendant, so Kai saw Bonnie as his way out. She tried to hold out for as long as he could, but eventually he managed to escape. By the time that happened, my bio mom was forty and a successful doctor and in love with my dad, but Kai wanted what he felt was his birthright. He attempted the merge with Luke, because Luke thought he could win, but in the end, it didn't work - at least not fully. The ritual recognized that it was the wrong magic, but it was enough to make him the head of the coven. The rejected magic could kill him, which would kill all of them including my mother who was pregnant with us at this point, so they found a way around it. My mother sacrificed her magic for Kai to absorb, stabilizing him and saving the coven. A coven which quickly sent him into another ascendant. They thought it was taken care of. Again."
The tone in her voice indicates that it is not. But that is a lot to start with so she's going to pause for any questions.
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If her tone there is dry, it's because it is. She settles into her seat before leaning back for a long story.
"My mom's twin was a siphoner, like me. He was also a psychopath. And he was determined to win the merge and take control of the coven, because in his mind, there was no way that he could lose. But the coven knew that he would be terrible for the job, so they started trying to find ways around him. My grandparents kept having more children until they had another set of twins - Olivia and Lucas."
She swallows hard, because this is where things get messy. "When Kai caught on to what they were doing, he went nuts. Slaughtered most of his other siblings and tried to kill the twins, but my mother managed to hide them, and told him that she would complete the Merge with him, right then, but it was a trap. She had put her magic away and the rest of the coven used the opportunity to trap him in a prison world with an ascendant. My mom went off to the military and medical school, Liv and Luke were set to complete the Merge when they turned twenty-two, life moved on. At least until a Bennett witch and a Salvatore vampire got caught in Kai's prison world."
Which is an even longer story, so she's going to skip that for right now.
"Bennett blood activates the ascendant, so Kai saw Bonnie as his way out. She tried to hold out for as long as he could, but eventually he managed to escape. By the time that happened, my bio mom was forty and a successful doctor and in love with my dad, but Kai wanted what he felt was his birthright. He attempted the merge with Luke, because Luke thought he could win, but in the end, it didn't work - at least not fully. The ritual recognized that it was the wrong magic, but it was enough to make him the head of the coven. The rejected magic could kill him, which would kill all of them including my mother who was pregnant with us at this point, so they found a way around it. My mother sacrificed her magic for Kai to absorb, stabilizing him and saving the coven. A coven which quickly sent him into another ascendant. They thought it was taken care of. Again."
The tone in her voice indicates that it is not. But that is a lot to start with so she's going to pause for any questions.