A few minutes later she arrived at the homage and was happily greeted by the children. Some were hugging her so tightly that she struggled a bit to get away from them.
"Isn't it time for your evening bath ?" Granny Mina strictly asked. The children froze a little then instinctively took their small wooden buckets and rushed behind the building to fetch water.
Granny Mina looked old,graceful and far to energetic for her age. Her small brown eyes,thick braided white hair and stern look topped on her strict behavior made her easily unapproachable.
"Estadey! long time no see." She happily greeted.
"Granny Mina." Estadey gave her a polite bow of greeting.
"I thought you'd never come unlike Melanie. " She snorted.
Estadey arched a brow of suspicion.
"Mother's been out for the past few days now."She politely replied. "Why!where is she?"Mina asked.
"I don't know,she just said I should be alert as always."She shrugged after repeating what her mother said."Melanie has always been careless but now she's starting to become foolish. "she said.
"Granny Mina!"she flatly warned her. Estadey's polite expression started changing into irritation as if Mina's words were useless lectures.
"Don't be easily offended like that,"she told her."I'm not Granny, but if there's anything you have to say...please do."she calmly said.
"Melanie hasn't been dropping by to pick her meds."she said. "As in a chronic illness medicine?"she asked."No,just the monthly ordinary. " Mina flatly replied.
Then Granny Mina went back in the children's homage to get the meds. Minutes later she came back with a small wrapped up hand made basket covered by a green cloth,
It was knotted above so that the meds couldn't fall out the basket or get contaminated. "Here,and remind her of taking her meds on time." she said.
They bid each other farewells and parted ways. Walking through the narrow paths away from the main market. She came across a small women's clothing stall.
While bargaining with the clothing stall owner,back at Gloria's house darkness covered every inch of her house except for the center of the sitting room.
Where a single candle gave out dim light which cast huge shadows. Gloria was back to resuming on knitting her blanket when the small table appeared before her.
The chopped off hand was now swollen and smelling like a rotting corpse. Veins had abnormally bulged under the skin on the entire hand. She took out a needle from her hair.
And pierced the needle in the center of the palm. The hand slightly twitched then started swelling even more, growing to twice the size of its previous shape.
Seconds later,a faint neon purple light glowed on the entire palm. "If I make this spell work then she'll all be mine to absorb."she grinned.
Then she resumed back to the soul puppet spell.
Gloria's eyes became whole white, her skin was dry,cracking and grey.the grin was embroidered with a mouthful of canines orderly arranged in her mouth.