“Melissa! Let go!” Franks's voice seeped through her anger and she let go of her daughter’s arm, turning away. “Willow, I suggest you go to your room now, quickly.” He looked panicked. When Melissa got this angry about her daughter, she would bind their magic for a long time.
It was the only way she knew to punish them and Willow was close to losing hers forever. The number of times his wife chanted was the number of months or years their daughter would be without, depending on how angry Melissa was.
In this case, she was so angry, it could have been millennia for all he knew! Not daring to allow her to look at him, he took a deep breath, knowing she could hurt him badly with her anger.
“Melissa, my love. Will you please try and calm down? It’s just me and you here, and I don’t want t
