It was a slower ride home, though it still only took seconds for the veil to dump the three of us at the edge of our property. I crossed over into the yard, welcoming the feeling of the family wards as they embraced me, the coven's power surging forward to suck me in and wrap me up in a blanket of magic protection.

There was a time I would have resisted such an embrace. Not today. I needed all the hugs I could get.

The Wild Hunt slept peacefully beneath my feet as I ...