"Hermione," the stern voice of my mother called out from the side that I hadn’t realized she was. Was I so lost in my thoughts that I missed my own mother being in the throne room? I had closed the doors after the anxiety grew too much. It helped to be in Fey form to reduce the invisible stress on my body. Luckily, a good portion of the employees had left early or were off for Samhain. The need for the doors to be open for others was significantly lessened. It seemed the legalization of the old rites has caused a change among the people and they were wishing to explore it. The news publications even went out of their way to describe ways to perform Samhain, all of which within the bounds of the law.