Chapter Two

Despite the uncertain terms of our arrangement, I was glad that Seth had given me a place to live, and I was grateful to Elizabeth for setting it up. When I’d first come to California a few months before, I’d crashed with some friends in San Bernardino. It didn’t take long to realize that my long-distance friendship with Carla and Pam should have stayed long-distance. They were nice ladies, but we had very little in common besides our ties to the magical world. And they had a thin...