The Once and Future Witches

On the afternoon before Bella and her sisters will surrender to Hill, Agnes and Juniper go into the town to rally their supporters and set several spells in motion. Bella spends her time feverishly compiling a notebook of her family history and all the spells that she can remember. Quinn arrives, proposes marriage, and gives her a wedding ring. Bella has only a single rose petal in her pocket used in previous spells; she wraps it around Quinn’s finger until the day she can replace it with a ring. At the same time, Agnes meets with Lee to give him some final instructions about spells he’s agreed to cast to save them. The two share an emotional goodbye.

At sundown, the three witches march to St. George’s Square and step up on the marble plinth that once held the statue transformed into a pig. They send their familiars to work two spells for them. The first causes all the policemen and guards in the Hall of Justice to fall asleep. The second causes all the bars and chains in the prison to rust, freeing all the prisoners. Meanwhile, Lee creeps into the orphanage to recover Eve, leaving a charmed lump of clay in her place.