Blood Rites

The trobairitz Tibors de Sarenom was presumed dead — yet she counseled women more than a decade after her burial. So began the long, unbroken line of those who, when the world shuttered its narrow window on them, chose to step outside the burning house.

You are summoned to the city of red brick on the eve of an initiation. Choose, and remember: every choice is a vow written in blood.