Chapter 4It was probably an hour before sunrise when Seamus made his way out of the kitchen door and into the back field. Although the coven often did their Samhain ritual in front of the farmhouse for the neighbors and anyone driving by to see, the coven liked to celebrate the other major sabbats and perform most of their other rituals in privacy behind the farmhouse.
“Why are we doing this so early?” Seamus asked.
“Well, one reason is that we wanted your brother and Khnurn to be able to participate,” Susanna explained.
“Yes, some of us have been up all night,” Ian said with a chuckle, patting his sleepy brother on the back.
“Our main reason though is because the spell calls for it,” Raferty said.
“It all must happen in a day,” Esmerelda explained. “That’s what the Book of Shadows sa
