The Ancient Magus' Bride Vol. 19CLOSING THE BOOKPhilomela finally stops clasping her hands in passive prayer, and instead reaches them out for help. Meanwhile, Lizbeth gives in to blind obsession, merging with the forbidden Testament. Then a third, unexpected party joins the fraya curse designed to kill a mother. All actors are in place on a chaotic stage, and when the goddess Morrgan finally makes her entrance, the story of one fraught family comes to an end.