Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of emotional abuse.

When the bookmobile arrives, Fern consults Miss Parcae, who tells her that because the spell called for Miss Wellwood to feel what Rose had felt, Miss Wellwood will not die. (Rose, after all, is not dead.) Miss Parcae appears waxy and unwell. Miss Parcae reveals that she has liver cancer but is not afraid to die. She explains that she holds all the knowledge of her entire line of female ancestors and that her knowledge will be passed on. Listening to her, Fern thinks about the coven and has an idea. She asks if the coven will take Holly with her when they leave. Miss Parcae says that if Holly performs a spell and can bring rain to end their drought, they will take her with them. Fern shares this news with Zinnia, who is furious to realize that Fern lied when she promised not to administer the powder to Miss Wellwood. Zinnia stops speaking to Fern.