Post by Carley on Sept 16, 2015 21:13:18 GMT -8
Hyacinth Anne "Cinthie" Griswold
Born April 23, 1985 (30 years old)
Music instructor and choral director at Shepherd University
Mother: Heather Avery, living
Father: Arthur Griswold, living
Sister: Esmeralda Griswold, living
Daughter: Sofie Griswold, living
( Face: Rachel Weisz
Screen name: kerosene bridges )
Drink down your gin and kerosene and come spit on bridges with me, just to keep us warm.
Some ladies just want to watch the world burn.
When Heather Avery ran from the Counsel and her calling, she tried to make a family life for herself. Her mother's dire warning still rang in her ears. "Averys pay a terrible price when they run. Think twice. Your daughter will bear the brunt of your decisions."
And thus, Hyacinth was born. The elder of the Griswold girls, arguably the more homely of the two, definitely the more magically powerful of the two. She feisty from birth. Her very first act was to scrape tiny baby nails against the attending nurse's cheek. From there, she just never stopped. Oh, she was a good girl, to be sure. She attended her classes, did her homework, got good grades. It was only when people weren't looking that she smoked and ditched class to go throw stones in the river and twirl flames in her fingers.
When Cinthie came of age, she tried to do the family thing, just like her mother. Eight years and one failed marriage later, she took her little daughter--"The best thing he ever gave me, if I'm gonna be honest here."--and returned to her maternal family's old stomping ground, London.
And there was her grandmother, ready to welcome her back into the Averys' fold. It was about time that somebody took up the mantle. But dreadful things happen to the children of the Averys who shirk their duties, and Cinthie's nightmare may only be beginning. Something lurks in the water. It followed her to London. It rises and falls in the Thames. It wants her blood. It wants the blood of her line.
Something else followed her to London, too. A woman from her past, another fire witch, one who claimed her tooth and nearly claimed her life almost a decade ago. What does she want? Why is she here?
Something else followed her to London, too. A woman from her past, another fire witch, one who claimed her tooth and nearly claimed her life almost a decade ago. What does she want? Why is she here?
With a second child on the way and a second chance at love with a too-smart Texan, a solid teaching post, and her closest friends at her side, she should be happy. But the shadow of Siobhan and the whispers of a watery family curse have her on edge. There's only so much the Council can do to keep their own safe.
