Fifteen minutes later the room had been cleared of everybody but Brother Talbot and St. Abigail. Silas sat on the ground by the bed, three candles burning in a triangle around him. Father Delentante’s rosary was on the floor in front of him. They had closed the curtains at Silas’ instructions.
Necromancy, or specifically the calling up of dead spirits, was tricky. Everything had to be perfect and there was not a lot of time between the moment of death and the soul’s passage beyond the afterlife. Too much time, and it was impossible to contact. The more troubled the soul, the longer it would linger close to this world. Father Delentante was probably strong in his faith and therefore had a direct line to heaven. There would be very little time to connect with him, and in fact might
