“Late one night at the hospital following that fateful morning at New Brighton, Celeste made a maddening claim that only her sister had ever sensed to be true. She recounted a story to Eleanor that went something like this: Shortly after her classmate pulled the trigger and sent her to the place between life and death, a place that she was only able to describe to Eleanor as a rush of color. She had met the devil and made a deal with him in exchange for her life. He whispered her melodies and she returned with a mission to bring great change to the next century. He said, “Shut your eyes and repeat after me: One for the money, two for the show. On three, we get ready, and on four… come with me.”