C10 TEN

Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble

ROSE

Double, double toil and trouble;

Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.

— William Shakespeare, Macbeth

THE COLD AIR stung my cheeks as Blake carried me outside toward the rose garden that now looked more like a dug up grave. The ceremony would be more effective on sacred ground, and the garden was as sacred as it could get.

I'd insisted on walking and had tried