*Three Years Earlier*

Kate was exhausted. An intense bone-weariness had settled in after Samhain and never quite left her as the days went by. The rest of the coven seemed normal while she felt like she was stuck in a fugue state of not wanting to really do anything except lie down on her bed and sleep the hours away. She still went to her classes and did all her schoolwork as to not alert the professors that something was amiss.

What made her feel worse was the sight of Theo ...