A lonesome kashaf with a long cultic family history discovers the death of his closest friend's wife brings out more than skeletons from their closet. For centuries kashefa families, hidden in plain sight with an assortment of peculiarities like blending lavender and lady's mantle tonic or hosting a midnight Samhain festival, have passed on their ancient traditions from mother to daughter until two sons from neighboring kashefa families, both born near the festival of Mabon, throw a wrench into the works. The son from the de Vespi family line has lived in the shadow of his best friend, the...