Caden waited for Edith’s nod before opening the tall dark door.

No sound came from outside, but there was a dim light that highlighted the sky.

Edith stepped through the doorway into the front garden of the Tenebris Domus, also known as the dark house of Byrne. From a sky the color of the deepest ocean, shone a dull silver moon. Its light fell on a cobblestone path leading from the door through the garden to a tall, iron gate. There were smaller paths shooting off from the ...