Foxglove

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of gender discrimination, animal death, and sexual content.

Signa feels the weight of using her powers as she enters Foxglove’s ballroom, but she tries not to let the dozen spirits inside see how much it affects her. Signa recognizes one spirit from a portrait with her mother and the ghost comes to comfort her when she slips on the ballroom floor. The spirit introduces herself as Amity, the best friend of Signa’s mother, Rima, and Signa’s godmother. Amity tells her that she saw Signa’s parents with Death the night of the poisoning and, knowing they could not stay in this world, Amity decided to stay to take care of Signa when she returned to Foxglove.

Signa notices that the other ghosts are stuck in a loop, repeating for the last 20 years what they did the night of the massacre. Amity explains that some ghosts blame Signa’s parents for what happened, but the others are too stuck in their ways to be dangerous. Amity takes Signa to a garden her parents started before their deaths. It has since become overrun with wildflowers and herbs. Signa realizes that her fears about returning to Foxglove were misguided, and she starts to believe she can make a home for herself here.