(Cassie's POV)

When I woke up, Linnea and the maid from the hotel were standing over me.

When I asked Linnea for an explanation, she reluctantly gave me one.

"During the dinner I felt sick, so I came back home. When I got here, LiliAnne was waiting on our doorstep. She wanted to see you so I let her in and when we walked into the living room, you were collapsed on the couch. So I shook you and when you sat up, your eyes were-" she breathed in deeply.

"Your eyes were entirely black. Then, when you spoke it didn't sound like you. Well it was your voice but it wasn't you talking" she paused.

"After that you blacked out again and I asked LiliAnne for an explanation. She told me that one night you woke up and found a demon somewhere in the house and she could sense that the demon had taken hold of you" she finished.

I was astounded at how she could believe that rubbish. But I played along just to see what she would say.

"What do mean, the demon took hold of me?"

I asked.

Then LiliAnne cut in. "Cassandra dear, it means that the demon can possess you and use your body as it's own anytime it wants.

I was seriously on the verge of laughing right then, I mean c'mon at the time it seemed like some terribly thought out joke.

"And who exactly is LiliAnne? Why would she know anything about me?"

Linnea looked terrified and I thought 'note to self, complement Linnea on her acting skills'.

"Honey, I'm a witch. I'm one of the oldest and most powerful witches at that." LiliAnne said.

The rest of the night I played along to what I thought was their joke. When I went to bed I thought 'what idiots, I mean c'mon, witches, demons, being possessed? those people are crazy!'

But as I was a lot, I was wrong.

Those people weren't insane or fakes, they were as sane and real as it gets.