17. FAREWELL FOR NOW

MELIA POV

"So it's true all three of you are leaving?" Vera was the first to blurt out once Nana was gone.

"Unwillingly", Maisie whined.

"Yes, two of us will get the chance to return in a year's time and the third won't return to live here but will always be a part of the coven, so she will be free to come and go as she pleases between the pack and coven." I tried to explain as I was shooting a stern look at Maisie.

Kira, Lily, and Vera shuffled their feet in place but didn't look up to meet my eyes.

"It's going to be alright, you three have each other and once we are settled in I will ask the Alpha if you guys can come for a weekend visit." I tried to cheer them up.

"It's the first time we will be split up." Lily finally met my eyes.

I sighed in defeat because I knew there was nothing I could say or do to make Lily's words untrue. We have been raised together since the day we were born. I can't remember a time in the last eighteen years that we have been separated for more tha