Panic tore a hole inside me, drove me to abandon Alison, abandon my own sense of safety, pushing me to run for the house.

To Gram.

Who I couldn't feel anymore.

It wasn't until I crossed through the family wards her power touched mine again. But dim, so dim, and failing by the moment. I couldn't think, breathe, speak as I rushed through the empty house to the back door.

Into carnage.

Charlotte lay sprawled on her face, half inside the house, cheek ...