| National Novel Writing Month | Even in the darkest places, magic exists to bring light. Witches of the world have dwindled in numbers nearly to extinction since the Great Purge of 1745. Only a few ancient families and even fewer covens remain. Lydia Blaire just transferred to Blackwell University after a harrowing experience at her previous school. Nearly killed, she decides to uproot across the country to the small college town of Iona. Hoping to use her new sorority to blend in and forget the strange accidents that caused her near-death experience, she can't quite shake the feeling of being watched or the deja vu whenever she walks the campus. It isn't until she attends a frat party where she is transported back to the Purge and she learns that maybe there's more to her than meets the eye. Total word count: --