Chapter 6

“Guide us on the Straight Path,

The path of whom You have blessed,

Not of those who incur Your anger,

Nor of those who go astray.”

-Al Qur’an

The streets were eerily quiet; for a while the only sound was the scuffing of Nathaniel’s shoes on the pavement, and the witches followed so silently that he had to look back periodically to make sure they were still there. He avoided the moonlit main roads as much as possible, keeping to the dark safety of side-streets and back alleys as he led the witches across the city, through a maze of twisting paths that he hoped would help them avoid being seen. It worked, and the main length of the journey passed wit...

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