"I don't know the details, but yes, he fell in love with his mother and wanted her to love him. He felt she did, but was holding back because its wrong."

"It is."

"So one night he hiked into the hills to seek out a local witch."

"Oh for fuck's sake." Emma sighed.

“Emma, have you heard it speaking to you?" Robin leaned over and pointed to her.

“Honest answer. Have you heard its voice?"

Emma looked away, but whispered.

"Yes."

"Then you know that isn't just a pretty necklace so please let me tell the story."

Emma nodded, and Robin went on.

"The witch sold him a cheap necklace with a pendant she referred to as the family jewel. It was a talisman of forbidden lust and love."

"That I believe."

"But the witch warned him that it would only work if there was some desire on his mother's behalf. The stone couldn't create that desire, but if it were there even in the slightest form it could augment it."

"I take it, it worked."

“It did. He gave it to his mother and as the story goes shortly thereafter Connor and his mother ran away together; all the way to the United States and to the city of Chicago."

“In his desperation to find them, Connor's father went to the same witch. For a price she told him exactly what she did and provided him with a divining rod to search out the stone."

"He followed them here, but it took some time and by the time he showed up on their doorstep they'd had a child together, a son."

"It seems he did love his wife, or perhaps was too prideful to admit she would leave him never mind for who, and he tried to get her to see reason and go back home with him. She refused, but wouldn't let Connor do what he wanted, which was kill his father so they could have peace once and for all."

"Big mistake I take it."

“He tried to woo her back. Kept coming around with gifts, acting apologetic and of course telling her how sick her being with Connor was. In the end he blamed the stone and taking it from her smashed it with a sledgehammer."

"A week later he returned and when she still pledged her love for Connor he killed her, then Connor when he came home. Fortunately the son was being watched by a neighbor or I'm sure he would have killed him too.

"Just like Nathan killed Mary and her son."

“Exactly, because he then killed himself. The boy was raised by the neighbor and what Connor's father, and Connor himself never knew his son, Timothy, had found two pieces of the stone and kept them.”

"When he grew older he smoothed out the two pieces and made two necklaces from them. Necklaces he bestowed upon his daughters when they were of age. Timothy had found work at a winery and became quiet adept at making his own. Adept enough to get a loan and open his own vineyard."

"He bought the land that is now mine and built two houses, one for each of his girls and their husbands. That's when the stone came back into play. I have my great grandmother's diary and it seems she managed to do some research on this stone by reading up on old folklore and eventually speaking to someone with, as she put it, knowledge of all things ungodly."

"Robin is there a point to this story? Not to be rude, but I'm worried about now and myself and my son."

"Just trying to help you understand. See the stone had one purpose, to bring mothers and sons together. I think originally it might have required something specific to activate it, but once it was broken I guess to put it in modern terms it was glitching.”

"Great."

"But it still held to its original mission and the rule there had to be some thought and feelings between the mother and their son. The pendant affects the mother more strongly. It increases the thoughts and desires and feeds the libido."

"A horny stone." Emma laughed without humor.