When Hestia had written to the Order, she hadn't expected Emmeline to pop up. The simple fact was that even now that she was off the Complacens, she was quite sure that Emmeline had died. Ages ago, really. But died nonetheless. And then suddenly she was there and alive and Hestia was so shocked. And happy, she was really happy, because it had been awful, having Digs die. Now she had this kind of second chance, as odd as it was. Mostly she was just glad to see her old friend.
Her house was warded up tightly. The thing was, was that she didn't know how Emmeline's mind was. It seemed reasonable to assume that if she was off the radar this whole time, she wasn't under any kind of control. But who knew how far the control went, or even how it was spread? She didn't know yet. So she would be wary until she made sure. Just as she was sure Emmeline would be with her.
As soon as she heard the knock, she went to the door and took down the ward long enough to let Emmeline in. She looked older. Still good, but older. "Come on in. Here, hurry.." not that she didn't think it was safe, but she was overly cautious. "Wow, you really are here."