a series of four sacrifices, one per year, each on Veil Night. The killings escalate in violence, each more gruesome than the last. I suspect his fiancée was the third. The final sacrifice—the most important—will happen this year.” My blood runs cold. “Veil Night? What’s that?” “It’s the most sacred night of the year for the Veil. It’s when the barrier between the worlds is at its thinnest, allowing dark forces to cross over.” He gives me a thin smile. “Us regular folk call it Halloween.”
