age without you fright ening human teenagers on purpose. Little wonder the poor child spoke to the police."
"I know. I'm really sorry." Even though I understood Antler was playing along with me, I still had to work at not cringing away from the power in her voice. I glanced up at the detectives. Both of them were staring at Antler with wide, startled eyes. Huh. So, up until then she'd only shown them her gorgeous public face. They had no idea what kind of power they were dealing with. "And you haven't seen either teenager since then?" the tall cop asked after an uncomfortable pause. "Only once more, and then it was just Heath alone, during our Samhain Ritual."
"Excuse me, your what?"
"Samhain is the ancient name for a night you would probably best know as Halloween," Antler explained. S
