Lunar Lake
Every time the chant swelled, those streaks flared brighter, and the shadows on the tent walls seemed to pull inward, bending toward the center.
Kate sat just outside the circle, eyes locked on the glowing sigils. She wasn’t part of the casting Lena had made that clear but her presence was intentional. A tether, the witches had called her. She could feel it, the way the energy slid over her skin, prickling and warm, drawn in and out of her like breath.
One of the sisters Mara lifted a bowl from the floor and poured its contents into the center of the circle. The liquid shimmered unnaturally, a deep black threaded with veins of silver. The fire in the lamps guttered at the same time, as if th