Now his mother made bread only when she knew he was coming, as she did this Sunday. By the terms of their truce, he was expected just for dinner, and to keep her company while they watched the royal baptisms. Why his mother persisted in watching such royal events, Gavin could not quite figure out. He sort of believed her answer that this was another way of passing; everybody she worked with at the library was watching; it would be odd if she didn’t. He was sure it was more than that, but what else, he wasn’t sure. The Roosevelts killed her parents and her sister. She watched her family die. They r***d her and they are responsible for Jason’s death, Raoul’s disappearance. The breakup of her marriage. How many fairies and witches and hybrids and numina have been murdered since 1918? How man

