“What will you tell Ruby?” Eli asked. He and I were sitting on the patio of the backyard. I’d sent Clark inside so I could talk to Eli on my own. The problem was I didn’t know what to say. His taking the lead helped give me a place to start. “I think we should…
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Shadow-Blessed Ep. 36
I walked through a forest of my imagination. The gentle glow of bioluminescent flowers lit my way as I went deeper into the woods. The canopy allowed intermittent breaks so I could see the night sky. I’d borrowed the one from the dream Clark and I shared when he told me he loved me. It…
Shadow-Blessed Ep. 35
The next week ran together. We drove from house to house, stopping each night to rest and plan. Every night, I expected Ruby to find an argument to convince us that this wasn’t the right thing to do. She never did. I knew she didn’t want to do this, but she’d resigned herself to this…
Shadow-Blessed Ep. 34
Clark and I emerged from the room to the smell of pancakes cooking. Ruby sat on one of the countertops eating a piece of bacon when we walked into the kitchen. Eli carefully poured pancake batter into the shape of a star in the pan. Would they even want the future I was imagining? If…
Shadow-Blessed Ep. 33
The new house Ruby found for us wasn’t as grand as the last. The modern three bedroom, two bath home sat in the middle of a dead-end street. We’d all agreed that we shouldn’t stop until we were at least two states away from where we left Calliope in Alabama. Eli drove, Ruby prepared everything…
Shadow-Blessed Ep. 32
This was the closest I’d come to feeling guilt over killing Vincent. I felt surprised more than guilty. I hadn’t known that he had a goddaughter when I did it, but it wouldn’t have stopped me. If he orphaned me because he coveted my magic, then he would do it again the next time he…
Shadow-Blessed Ep. 31
I woke up with Ice’s arm stretched across my chest and his hand gently rubbing my shoulder and upper arm. Clark’s arm. It was going to take a while for me to get used to that change. Black-out curtains made it impossible to tell what time it was. Umbra sat by the door, ready to…