Gabrielle Häfner

Caledonia (now Scotland), 137 A.D. While guiding his Roman master through the forest in panicked retreat from "barbarian territory", an indigenous Pictish slave receives signs from a pagan spirit that lead him to question his loyalties.

Lola and Jasmine are getting ready for their homecoming dance when catastrophe hits: Jasmine's dress rips. In order to save face and still impress, they turn to Lola's grandmother's spell book. When it doesn’t go quite right, they try another, which ends in failure. But the search for prettiness instead reveals what they truly desire; the sense of belonging found in Lola's room.