Even though she prefers to Crone alone, it isn't like Listeria meant to keep her relationship with Jabari a secret. Well, okay… it was exactly like that, but he'd been Violet's familiar until just recently. Can you explain "conflict of interest" in Witch terms? She can.
Now the primary nutcase has killed her own son for the sake of her work and she's out for more blood-Listeria's blood. And Jabari is the bait they intend to use to get her to agree.
Was her Alchemist family after her Witch power like Mather was? No, they wanted her secret to immortality. Only there was no secret. Regeneration was simply part of her Crone contract.
But the worst thing of all is that Listeria is absolutely sure that the evil and disembodied Cotton Mather is the true power behind their crazy ideas.
