UNTO US

Phoebe could sense that something was wrong as soon as they came back from the river where Julia dispatched her husband's ashes. She had chosen to  pour the ashes on her body then immersed herself into the stream to wash off. 

Phoebe had been against it. She was afraid that she might catch a cold or even something worse. But Julia had insisted on making her own decisions and no one had the willpower to stop a grieving wife. The African warrior who had gone with Balthazar in search of Justine had gone with them and Demetrius had not been able to come; he had gone on a...