After Geneva departed to create her barriers that were much stronger than all witches' barriers combined, the others also began to move. It was nearly midnight. It was the best time to attack because the townspeople would be staying inside their houses, resting, at this hour. Only people with particular purposes would be staying outside at this time.
Melva was heading towards the town, which would be like a dead, deserted town by now. The people in Ichorhold were firm believers that night time was dangerous. Demons would be roaming around and hunting for them. Melva now knew how wrong that was, but she would not change that belief in the town, because it was the best way to teach children and everyone else that had not known about the harsh world they were living in. It was also the best way to hide the harsh truth from them.
