We leave the doctor's office a little more subdued, a little more thoughtful, than we'd been before entering. Of course, I knew Bishop must have had a tragic story. We all do. Tragedy defines the people who call Sanctuary home. Everyone has lost someone. Death Kiss, disease, civil unrest. None of us have made it this far unscathed.

My eyes fall to my sleeping son, held securely on his godmother's arms. Even Blaze has experienced tragedy. His birth was a goddamn Greek tragedy. ...