The Once and Future Witches

by Alix E. Harrow

“He was—he could be very charming. I once saw him talk a pair of men out of a blood-feud with nothing but a smile and a round. But he could also be . . .” A devil, a monster, a wolf on two legs. “Different.”

“Not every word and way belongs to you.”

“Yes, well, you’re a plague and a calamity and you should be locked up for the safety of the city.”

“If behind every witch is a woman wronged.”