My coven believed souls went to the Summerlands after death—a place with no suffering, fertile fields, and warm sunshine. All your pain disappeared, and you'd be reunited with loved ones forever. I always thought it odd that they had this belief when most of them were terrible people.

I did not land in that place. If this was death, it super sucked. Everything hurt. My head pounded, my fingers ached. Even my toes hurt. I felt hot and cold and bruised and sore.

It took me a ...