I sighted Silvia standing at the edge of the woods, staring off into nothing like her mind was a million miles away. I didn’t know what was going through her head, or if I should even try to pull her out of whatever thoughts had her so lost. Part of me wanted to leave her be, to let her have her moment, but before I could talk myself out of it, my feet were already carrying me toward her. I stopped beside her, my eyes catching the mark on her neck again—those strange, root-like li