Allissa

The red had banked when the blow’s work was done, folding itself back down under my skin, and only a faint hot crawl was left in my palms. Finn watched it go with the gravest face I have ever seen him wear. “Later,” was all he said, when Darren looked the question at him. “Tonight is hers. Later, I will tell you what I know, and then we will make a plan.”

The Nursemaid stood at the rim of the circle with his empty arms and his finished song and absolutely nowhere in the world ...