Why did it all have to come crashing down? And it did, just when I thought I could really have everything I never even knew I wanted.

I'm getting ahead of myself.

Thaddea first met Orin the night we arrived from London. Tall, lanky, but likely to fill out like her own father, Archie, Orin Kinsey was visiting from a small coven, the Lancasters, from the next county. And the moment he laid eyes on my Thad, I knew he was trouble.

Still, Thad hadn't succumbed to any ...