Our Infinite Fates

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of illness, death, antigay bias, and cursing.

Dr. Chiang agrees to see Evelyn, and after hinting at what she wants, Evelyn finally spells it out: Gracie needs a life-saving operation, and Evelyn is hoping that Dr. Chiang’s wife can help. The psychiatrist demurs, however, and while Evelyn is disappointed, the “ever-burning candle of hope in [her] chest” does not go out (172).

For the first time, Evelyn is reborn close enough to where she lived in a previous life that she can return to visit her loved ones. Not realizing that her old town is in the throes of a witch trial, she steals a horse to get there. When she arrives, she learns that her father died and that her mother does not believe that Evelyn was her daughter in a past life. When Evelyn tries to prove it, citing details of their time together, her mother calls her a witch and begins screaming for help. As neighbors begin to chase her, she suddenly sees Arden running toward her. They get into his boat, and he rows them from the shore. It was his horse she stole, and she realizes that he will always find her and that his soul is her true home.