Andrew was still reluctant to give Noah his blessing to try again, but he eventually agreed after a morning of convincing. After work, they went straight over to Iris’s shop. Iris – who had taken significantly less coaxing than Andrew – was thankfully taking a different tack from last time. But the soft glow of […]

The kid was gone again, and the silence was getting more and more frustrating. Maybe it was because Noah could remember so specifically how it felt to drown, how it felt to be in Billy McBride’s skin as he boarded his ship and dreamed of going home. But the idea that he just wasn’t answering […]

Roman had expected Jamie to be mad about having to leave New Winslow for a little while. Or maybe scared. After all, he was old enough to understand that someone with a lot more power than them had threatened him and his siblings. And he was angry about that, Roman could see it in how […]

After all the time she’d spent on it, the album’s release was anticlimactic. Cleo hadn’t made any major plans for it. She should have scheduled a release party of some kind, maybe put on a local show with The Blossom Step. Or at the very least, sent out a press release. Instead, she’d done some […]

Cleo didn’t want to be at the apartment when Edie left for the tour. So instead, she was at her mother’s suite at Oakmont Residencies, watching a movie together as the rain came down outside. “Edie’s leaving on tour,” Cleo said during a lull in the action. “So I’ll have the apartment to myself for […]

Iris was eager to get started as soon as Andrew and Noah explained what was going on. Andrew felt better in here, surrounded by magic and sturdy locks. Iris was a professional after all, her setup made this shop nearly airtight when she wanted it to be. And if Noah said he was ready to […]

“I’ll get it!” It was a scorching afternoon about ten days later. Andrew swung around the corner toward the phone ringing on the wall of the Limerick’s back room, hearing Liv call thanks behind him as she scrubbed the final spills of the day off the counter. He picked up. “Thanks for calling The Limerick, […]

Judith Perez could not believe she was stuck not only working with Iris Davies, but trusting her as well. She hung up the phone in her office and debated whether or not she should have bitched Iris out instead of just telling her thank you for the information. The pages still existed. Maybe. A ghost […]

Roman loved his in-laws, he really did. And he’d been over their house in Boxborough since getting out of New Winslow, so it wasn’t like it would be a shock if he showed up with Celine and the kids this time. But Celine was dropping them all off for an overnight with the grandparents, where […]

She was in a study. The room was small and dim, with slants of sunlight coming through the curtains ajar over the windows. Dust motes danced in the beams as Iris stood in the doorway to the room, looking around. The walls were lined with bookshelves, all of them stuffed with old, worn books. There […]