I Belong to a Witch — Episode 1: Don’t Let Her In

Every Halloween, a single rose has been waiting on Darius's doorstep, and he has never known who leaves it. Tonight the paramedic is marking the night quietly, with a cupcake, a candle and Duke, his old dog, for company. Then a voice message turns the air strange: whatever happens, don't let her in. A moment later, the bell rings.

On the porch waits a red-haired witch in black lace and a pointed hat, rose in hand, saying his name like she has whispered it a thousand times. Darius laughs, points Morgana toward the party two houses down and locks the door. It should end there. Instead, rose petals spiral up out of his candle flame, and suddenly she is in his kitchen, close enough to touch. He tells her to go. She only smiles, and Episode 1 of I Belong to a Witch closes on a promise that tastes like danger: 'Careful, love… my roses have thorns.'