Moonlit Magic
The parchment shuddered.
Freda lifted the parchment, the girls’ blood now glowing faintly against the page. She began the chant—ancient Yoruba, passed down through her maternal line. Pru joined in, her voice layering over Freda’s in Haitian Creole. Rita hesitated, then added her own words, a whispered incantation in Sesotho, gifted by Gogo.
The languages wove together, a tapestry of sound and power. The parchment burst into flames, not burning but transforming—the ash swirling upward in a spiral of silver smoke.
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