Jude stood at the threshold under the watchersilk canopy, heart coiling with fear he could not name. Beside him, Grace hovered, holding Raven close, Laurel silent beside her still-glowing braid. The wives stepped forward beside Jude, Susan, Rose, Serena, Layla, Natalie, Zoey, Lucy, Stella, Emma, Sophie, Scarlet, all with watchful eyes. The children shifted in their blankets, sensing the shift in air though dream still hovered in their faces.