And she will pay for what she's done. And the front line is in Salem. And true. But I should be running the Hive! Cotton: The Grand Rite, a ritual of death attributed to witches over the centuries. Eliot: Cotton Mather. I have much to answer for. I will close the curtain around Salem and begin the consecration of the land with hell-blood. Make way. Man: Who's down there? Mary: John. Mary: Oh? Mary: This is his home. Mary: Widdershins? Mary: Yes. Mercy, your own creation, is dangerously unstable and Anne Hale, an infinitely greater threat. Merely Salem. Samuel: He is quite possibly the savior of Salem. Sent to Salem to see to the matter of a single, disturbed girl, you return here to Boston six weeks later leaving in your wake [Sighs] a full-blown witch panic, more than a dozen hangings, and apparently unbeknownst to you, the murder of your own father. So, he sent me back to prepare for his own return. Tituba: Mercy Lewis killed our witches. Tituba: You still think of John Alden. True witches. Who are you to speak with such confidence of the pox? You have yet to feel the terror that slowly becomes fascination and eventually joy as you learn to take in the life force in all the creatures around us, turning the power within it, directing it as you will, into another person... Or into, say, a doll.
Plan: A: the Hive's dark undertaking; Q: What is the Grand Rite the first phase of? A: a horrendous plague; Q: What sweeps through Salem in the wake of the Grand Rite? A: Tensions; Q: What escalates between Tituba and Mary? A: Mary; Q: Who confronts Mercy Lewis? A: Mercy Lewis; Q: Who does Mary confront in a bid to strike a bargain with the upstart Witch? A: Anne Hale; Q: Who is offered an offer by Mary that may provide her with clarity and relief? A: the nature; Q: What does Anne Hale begin to comprehend about her own true power? A: her mortal influence; Q: What does Mary attempt to exert over the citizenry of Salem? A: an intriguing true man; Q: What does Mary think of Dr. Samuel Wainwright? A: Dr. Samuel Wainwright; Q: Who is the man of science that Mary meets? A: her cause; Q: What does Dr. Samuel Wainwright threaten? A: Boston; Q: Where is Cotton Mather? A: a haunted Cotton Mather; Q: Who must answer for his failure in Salem and the death of his father? A: John Alden's fate; Q: What does Mary learn about her son? Summary: In the wake of the Grand Rite-merely the first phase of the Hive's dark undertaking-a horrendous plague sweeps through Salem. Tensions escalate between Tituba and Mary, who tries to enjoy what limited time she is allowed to spend with her young, recently returned son. Mary confronts Mercy Lewis in a bid to strike a bargain with the upstart Witch, but Mercy already has diabolical plans of trying to take Salem by force. As Anne Hale begins to comprehend the nature of her own true power, she is extended an offer by Mary that may provide her some clarity and relief. Meanwhile, as Mary attempts to exert her mortal influence over the citizenry of Salem, she makes the acquaintance of an intriguing true man of science, Dr. Samuel Wainwright, who may threaten her cause. Back in Boston, a haunted Cotton Mather must answer for his failure in Salem and the death of his father; and Mary learns John Alden's fate, or so she thinks.