"It was easier to feel better about my... not so human side, with Nick around. Like maybe even if it was just us, I could change what being a witch or the Path of Night or even Hell, I could make something good out of it, because we were something good."

It's not something she's voiced to either Charlie or Rosie, not to anyone, but she feels the truth when she says it. She knows whatever Path she's walking, she's not alone, and she still has to admit it's not the same.

"I don't know. If I try not to think with the part of me that's perpetually ready to rain down hellfire on my classmates... I think it's easier this year. Maybe it's faded, or maybe it's because I'm trying. I guess I have to really talk to her about it."