Chapter Six-
Lena snuck down to the kitchen while Macon got dressed for the day, tiptoeing down the stairs to not wake anyone up.
She finally reached the kitchen, but the tall female figure dressed in white wandering around the kitchen told her that she had already been beaten to her goal. The woman acknowledged Lena, looking at her from head to toe. It could only be one person- Celest.
Celest had emerald eyes, almost albino-white hair, and a heart-shaped face. She was wearing sleepwear that was almost the female equivalent of her uncle's. Something rich people would wear camping or something like that.
She had a pointed nose, but not to the point she had a beak-like nose, prominent cheekbones, and kind eyes.
"Hiya, kiddo" she said, giving Lena a big warm hug. "Macon kept you up, too?"
Lena raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"
"Your uncle snores like no other man I've ever met. You must be a sound sleeper." She walked over to the coffee machine, and put a Coffee People original blend k-cup into the machine, along with a cup of water.
"I've never heard him snoring before."
"Oh- he does snore, dear. Probably making up for those sleepless years as an Incubus, huh?"
"I thought you can't make up sleep..."
She haphazardly slammed a ceramic mug underneath it right before steaming hit coffee poured out.
"You're almost as bad as Luna." She smirked, sharing an inside joke with herself. "Always proving your point, using facts, at least-" she let out a melancholy sigh "-that's what she used to do."
Lena's eyes opened wide. She thought Luna was alive...wasn't she? "What do you mean?"
"Luna's claiming is getting closer every day. She used to be a smart girl, street smart more than textbook, but she had the power of persuasion on her side- she knew how to play the system. She would have made a wonderful lawyer."
Celest said, grabbing milk and sugar for her coffee, talking as if Luna was dead and she was fondly describing her.
"Then something happened. She became so happy and so excited to be alive...and then it all stopped. She started failing school. She got into physical fights, and almost got suspended once. She used her persuasion to get her way. She became vain and greedy." She sighed.
"Do you think she'll become a siren, like Ridley?"
"I don't know, sugar-" she stirred her coffee with a spoon "I don't know."
She heard footsteps from right above them on the second floor, Celest looking up as she said
"Lord, help that child. She's going to need every thought and prayer to help her through this mess."