"We could," Aggie says doubtfully. In her four years of living in Darrow, nothing has ever been quite that straightforward but it's no reason to avoid the obvious solution if it can be tried. First though, she finishes her sandwich. If there's something evil in that cottage, she's not losing good food to it.

Balling up the waxed paper and stuffing it into her backpack, she looks to Greta. "Ready?"