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New Orleans has always been apot “How so?”

“Well, for one thing, witches like me, who choose an alternate path, aren’t seen as pariahs We co-le There’s a place for us, too There are various shades from white to dark there, so it makes sense”

“That had to be a revelation,” I say, picturing the scene in my head

“The best kind It gavefinished her drink, she places it on a coaster “Do you want to show il?”

I dig intoand pull out the paper “I drew it on the fly, so this is my loose rendition at best”

She peers down at it and tenses

My stomach drops

“Where did you say saw this?”

“I didn’t The crime scene was at a retirement home”

She traces the symbol and shudders I wonder what she can sense that I can’t

“I’m not surprised you saw it a crime scene This is dark”

“How dark are we talking?” I ask

“More than likely was never human”

Thinking back to the body, it’s not hard to believe “Maybe it was the signature needed to summon a demon?”

“You said it disappeared, though?”