❀ | don’t come back.

No.  No giant spiders.  Bedelia was no Hagrid either.
Giant spiders and other beasties did not lurk in the dark
corners of their woods, and on the odd occasion that
they found their way there, they were disposed of quickly.
No, any darkness on their grounds was cultivated by
the Supreme and her witches themselves; to much of
the world, they were their own monsters.  But that was
true of any coven, wasn’t it?  They will fit in just fine.

If asked, Bedelia would not lie about her leg.
She did what was necessary to save one of her own,
to provide safety for her coven.

What did the personal cost matter?

If asked, Cordelia would have sacrificed one
of her legs ( or both her eyes ) too but as no
one ever asked her, this opinion of hers was
of no value. Though, she thought about this
a lot — herself becoming the next supreme
( nothing but a joke! ) and all the things she
would change with her new responsibilites
and powers. Doing better than her mother
would not be difficult. “Is there something
else we need to know? Something I should
talk about with my girls before we leave?”