Chapter 78

• TYRA'S POV (THE WITCH)
• Deep in the heart of the forest, while the vampires and some humans reveled in the Grand Hallow, the witches gathered for their own sinister ritual.
• A circle of hooded figures stood around a roaring fire, their tattered black cloaks billowing with the eerie wind. Their faces—twisted and grotesque—were hidden beneath layers of dark veils, but the faint glow of the fire reflected their hollow eyes and decayed skin. Piles of human bones lay scattered around them, their stench mixing with the thick metallic scent of blood that saturated the air.