Louis Cemetery No. 1 in New Orleans at midnight, and as the distant church bell begins to toll the hour, I look around, expecting Gerdeaux to materialize from the darkness, like last time. But the seconds tick by, and the cemetery remains still. I wait for what seems like forever before pulling m...
13 My heart hammers as Peregrine and Chloe grab each other’s hands and then mine, so that we’re standing in a circle of three. “I can feel it already,” Peregrine says, a dangerous gleam in her eye. “Power.” Chloe turns to me. “Just relax, Eveny, we’ll do all the work. Clear your mind and think of...