Editing Verona Hayward (section)

===Arc 2: Stolen Away===
Verona continued on with the investigation of the Others of Kennet, eventually coming to the cave of [[Maricica]] and [[Guilherme]]. During the interview, she is turned into a weasel by Maricica as one of Maricica's gifts in glamour, a form which she stays in for most of the rest of the interview. She is turned back when Lucy throws her into the ground. <ref>[https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/06/16 Excerpt] from [[Stolen Away 2.3]]</ref>

Verona later on invites Avery over to her house to get ready for conducting interviews with the rest of the Kennet Others. After they have an encounter with Verona's Dad, the group leave to meet [[Alpeana]]. She takes them on her nightly trips, and Verona agrees to letting Alpeana give her dad a nightmare. After the nightmare begins though, Verona calls it off, stating she 'still loves him'.<ref>“Why?” Verona asked, not taking her eyes off her dad.  “Are you?  He tries hard, and he does the basics of what a dad’s supposed to do, according to those guys from the government.  Feeds me, shelters me, makes sure I go to school.  Just… he’s broken and he won’t put himself back together.  I don’t think he’s where he’s supposed to be.”<br><br>“Then-” Lucy started.<br><br>Verona wasn’t done.  “But I don’t want him to hurt.  I don’t want to see him hurt.  He makes me more miserable than anyone and I feel exhausted and even a bit of dread when he comes in the door, but I love him.  I want to not live in his house, at least after I’m eighteen, and I’m not even sure I’ll come back to visit him when I’m gone, but… I love him.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/06/23 Excerpt] from [[Stolen Away 2.5]]</ref>

The Belanger circle begins looking into Kennet, with Nicolette investigating using Echoes and Omens. Verona and her covern accompany Miss and Alpenea to the Ruins to investigate, where they witness the Omens causing Melissa's accident. Verona intervenes and bounces one of Nicolette's summons back to attack her.

Verona notices Jeremy with a stray cat, and connect over trying to care for it. Inspired, Verona uses glamor to assume the shape of cat and visits the other witches of Kennet.

The Kennet Witches prepare for Avery to run her first Path. Verona assist by capturing an infant opossum for the ritual. The Belangers continue to spy, but are blinded by the Kennet Witches using Nettlewisp. In retalation Nicolete interferes with the ritual, and Verona is knocked down when a giant doll's arm manifest to destroy the ritual site and steal the opossum (now Snowdrop).