Kate, perhaps you need to explain to your significant other that he is in no position to give me orders. Last time I checked, his title was Beast Lord, which is a gentle euphemism for a man who strips nude at night and runs around through the woods hunting small woodland creatures. I'm a premier Master of the Dead. I will go where I please.

Just stay close to us. If we get in trouble, we'll kill everything.

I make a bad mom, but I can pull off a crazy aunt.

Roland had sworn off children—they kept trying to kill him.

He said 'woman' in the same way I'd say 'Mmmm, yummy chocolate.

Put your badass face on and follow me.

Two years? That's entirely too long. If you want, we can take care of that. After two years it's pure therapy.