Chapter 0551
“Nope,” my mom says, beaming around at all of us. “Cora and I are going to take over your magic class! Isn’t that great!? We’re going to be your new professors!”

We all look around at her, our mouths open, because…

How on earth is this ever going to work?

Silence reigns in the room, even as mom beams around at all of us. After a few second, her face drops a little. “What?” she asks, looking around. “What’s wrong with that?”

“Mom, how on earth are you going to do that?” Rafe asks, shaking his head at her. “You’re a Queen – you can’t just drop everything to come and hang out with us. I mean, dad couldn’t get away from the war for even a couple of hours today – and you’re proposing to what, come live here?” “No, your father would miss me too much if I came to live here,” mom says with a scowl, smacking Rafe on the arm.

“Not to mention your other two children,” Cora says, dry. “Remember them? Juniper and Mark?”

“Oh, they wouldn’t miss me,” mom says, again waving a dismissive hand that makes me smile. “Though they do need me. No, Rafe, obviously Cora and I will just come once a week to work with you. We’ll take the helicopter with Hank when he comes to work with Jackson.”