Mom's mind was closed to mine, no matter how hard I tried to reach her. I stood in the back yard where I'd stopped my forward motion from the park after dumping all of us near the edge of our property, the whoosh and sigh of vampires arriving and departing with coven members echoing behind me.

Give me the silent treatment, would she? We'd just see about that.

As much as I agree with you, Gram cut through my irritation as she strolled to my side, striped socks soaked by ...