I knocked violently on Iscarat’s door a few times before he finally opened it. He was dressed in a woman's nightgown which was a surprise to me. I didn’t feel like judging him but he could tell what I was thinking.

“What? It’s drafty for my nether regions!” he said in his usual scratchy voice but with the tone of an angry old man telling someone to get off their yard.

“I didn’t need to know that.”

“Well you were thinking about it so I gave you an answer.”

“Anyways, do you know how to use this?” I asked, holding out the compass.

“It’s simple, you open it up and find where the red needle points and that’s north.”

“No, this is Elysif’s magic compass that we used to find someone.”

“Oh right. I forgot I gave that to her. Why don’t you just ask her?”

“I would but she’s the one I need to find with it. Apparently her mother is back and Elysif decided to run off.”

“You said her mother is back.” he said with a shocked and freakishly overjoyed face.

“Yes?”

“Well we better get Mama Loiuse to be on guard. This could be a rather dangerous time.”

“Could you explain?”

“Well you see, seven years ago Elysif’s mother was the head of a Coven and was fairly powerful. She had mastered the use of blood magic to the point that she could even stop her cells from dying. Thus unlocking the secret to immortality for all witches. However, she only taught this magic to her own children and their children. So for several hundred years she would seduce men then disappear on them so she could bear the child. Eventually a Coven made from only her heirs came to be. They were one of the most powerful Covens in the world.” God, I swear listening to him explain something with such an interesting voice could make someone's ears bleed if they did it long enough.

“That explains why everyone is so worked up over her but what did she do that was so wrong?”

“She was trying to create magic that could bring back the dead. She was able to create familiars from dead bodies but was unable to perfect it for many years. That is until she learned of a secret ritual. This ritual allowed the user to sacrifice people in order to bring someone to life. This person could have been dead for over a millenia and they could be brought back. The problem was that the ritual was incomplete. Many of the texts pertaining to it were destroyed or lost to the ages and so she attempted to figure out the missing pieces herself. Fourteen years ago she began kidnapping people to use in her experiments and had her children do the same. One of these children was Elysif who was forced to kill people for the sake of the ritual.”

“Wait, how did this go on for so long without the Agency noticing?”

“It didn’t. The Agency knew something was going on and sent many agents to look into it. At the time though the Coven was traveling around constantly and staying under the Agencies radar. They were quite skilled at staying out of their sights. Once they came to London however, Elysif became friends with Scott and Silva and she was attempting to use them as part of her mothers experiments without knowing they were with the Agency. It backfired though when Elysif’s good nature caused her to not want Silva or Scott to die so she told them everything and tried to get them to run away with her.”

“So Elysif basically betrayed her family?”

“Yes, after that Silva had the Agency come to London to try and stop them. Elysif agreed to help and was ostracized by the Witch community for betraying her own Coven. Even if it was for good reason. Things went south quickly as the Coven became violent upon the Agencies arrival and many agents died. The Coven was wiped out and the only one who remained was Elysif’s mother who escaped during the battle. Elysif was then taken into protective care by Silva and Scott where she has remained.”

“That makes sense. Though why was she trying to resurrect the dead so badly that she would resort to killing random people?”

“Who knows. Even Elysif doesn’t know why.”

“So should we find them?”

“Yes, of course. Do you have anything of Elysif’s on you?”

“Yes. I said holding out the underwear I had from her apartment. He gave me an awkward look.

“I see you two have gotten close.”

“It’s not like that.”

“Whatever, just toss it in this.” He said, holding out a small bowl. I threw the undergarments into it and he began to chant something under his breath before tossing in a few herbs and a match. They caught fire and slowly turned into ash. He then took the compass and dumped the contents of the bowl into the bottom of it where the ashes from Erin’s clothes were. Closing it tightly and giving the compass a shake he handed it back to me.

“Go find Elysif before she does something stupid. I’m going to warn Mama Loiuse.”

“Will do.” I replied before heading out the door.