The Elder's assistants must have sent a message ahead because when the old woman led them into a large wooden house, there were already a half dozen people in the room waiting for them to arrive.
The two senior witches made sense, as they would have sensed Ella approaching, but there were also a pair of soldiers, plus John and one young man with a laptop in front of him that Wolfe assumed was there to take notes.
John stood up to shake Wolfe's hand as he entered, while the two other Witches were much more intrigued by the presence of Ella. Christa and Justine quietly settled themselves in the back of the room, along with the two younger Witches who accompanied the Elder, and the old woman got right down to business.
