I left Pender to his blocks with a chill in my gut. Karyn didn't say anything until we were all back in the living room, chatter of other witches now coming from her kitchen.

"That's the most lucid I've seen him," she said, hands wringing before her. "Should we be preparing for something new?" She had her coven leader hat on, clearly. But what did I have to tell her, what comfort to offer when my very soul shook at the thought of the marching, ...