Alex Smith

“Today, we choose mercy."
The flock answered her as one.
"Now and forevermore.”
― Alexis Henderson, The Year of the Witching

“Only the wealthy had the luxury of minding things; the rest simply ducked their heads, bit their tongues, and did what needed to be done. Ezra obviously fell into the former category, and she the latter.”
― Alexis Henderson, The Year of the Witching

“And with that pity came a kind of rage, not at Judith or Ezra, but at the system that held one accountable for her sins while the other was lauded.”
― Alexis Henderson, The Year of the Witching

“This was the great shame of Bethel: complacency and complicity that were responsible for the deaths of generations of girls. It was the sickness that placed the pride of men before the innocents they were sworn to protect. It was a structure that exploited the weakest among them for the benefit of those born to power.”
― Alexis Henderson, The Year of the Witching