The Once and Future Witches

After the spell is completed, the three sisters and Quinn find themselves transported to St. George’s Square, where the tower has reappeared. This time, they are able to enter. Bella acquires an owl as her familiar, which leads them into a room with a spiral staircase filled with row upon row of books. Quinn realizes that the Lost Way of Avalon is a library.

The first order of business is curing Juniper, whose is so injured that she is near death. Referring to volumes on healing, Bella and the others are able to revive her. She confesses to killing their father using a snake venom charm. Bella and Agnes tell her that she nearly did the same on the day of the barn fire, but they stopped her in time. Juniper believes that her sisters hate her, and that’s why they left her behind. Bella and Agnes protest that they wrote to Juniper frequently, but their father must have destroyed the letters. After repairing their fractured personal bonds, the women discuss how to use the knowledge in the tower. Juniper warns them that Gideon Hill has magical powers and controls all the shadows in the city.

By this time, it is nearly dawn, and the witches realize that they must render the tower invisible.