Week 5

Black Maria is about an old aunt who appears to be able to guilt trip people into doing things for her. She hosts tea parties that only women are invited to, and children are kept are an orphanage. After some investigating, the main character and her brother begin to suspect that magic may be involved, but not early enough to avoid the brother being turned into a wolf. Its hard enough dealing with elderly relatives when they are normal and sweet, but imagine what it must be like if the relative was a cold-hearted witch who was capable of turning their own grandchild into a wolf. What makes the with truly frightening is the fact that she can manipulate people, with or without the use of magic, and is under the thought that she is a wonderful person, despite her horrifying use of magic.