It began with the chiming of the tiny copper bell on the mantel, warning them someone was passing the ward stone her mother had placed on the path to their house. One terrible day, makenna, a young hedgewitch, witnesses ...It began with the chiming of the tiny copper bell on the mantel, warning them someone was passing the ward stone her mother had placed on the path to their house. One terrible day, makenna, a young hedgewitch, witnesses her mother's murder at the hands of their own neighbors.