The Wait is a magical place that can be used to access power used to traverse time, space and worlds, as well as change memories and manipulate minds. It was tied to the bloodline of Angelica Turner, as detailed in The Sparrow's Pearl. It takes the form of a black beach of large pebbles that looks up into a clouded nighttime sky. The ocean in the Wait is fierce, the dark cresting waves streaked with white foam. A cliff rises on the other side, preventing anyone from going deeper into the strange land than the beach. In this cliff are many caves, some open, some sealed.
When the Wait's magic comes to a Sparrow, they taste salt and bitterness on their lips.