Teaser for Elemental Chapter 27

 “After Esme finishes cleaning away the previous ritual, we’ll get started,” Carlisle said, glancing towards the circle.

 I followed his gaze and watched as it was only Esme now with her broom barely sweeping the floor, pushing small puffs of dust away from the embedded brick circle. When she finished, she continued to sweep towards the back door, opened it, and brushed out the dust before closing it, and laying the broom along the ground in front of the door.

 I had heard of the purpose of brooms for cleansing an area but never witnessed it in person. Esme smiled at me as she approached us, and I looked at her curiously, wondering why this method was being used now when it was never called for before.