CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
Mackenzie sees herself standing in front of the house she grew up in. She walks up the porch stairs and sees a group of ravens huddled on the porch. As she shoos them away, she sees that one of them is wearing a crucifix around its black neck. It caws at her as she steps into the house and as she closes the door, she hears the ravens take flight behind them.
She steps into the house and there is her mother, asleep on the couch. The house is cast in darkness, the only light coming from the glow of the television, which is showing a late night talk show. The host says nothing, just stares dumbly out of the screen as if waiting for Mackenzie to start the conversation.
She walks past the television and into the kitchen. She tries flipping on the kitchen light but the lights
