Yeah, right, like Divine’s Emporium wasn’t the safest place in the entire town, if the snake attacked?
Yet
Athena and Doni had been sleeping over at Divine’s when the snake attacked them.
Athena had stepped through a wall into another dimension, tricked into thinking
Doni was in danger. There were weak spots, even at Divine’s. Stephanie’s death
and my broken back proved the energy defending our town was weakening. Continually
fading on us.
I slathered
more salve on my hives, waited until it was nearly dry, got dressed, and headed
for Divine’s Emporium. My dreams likely meant I had been eavesdropping on the
enemy’s intentions. The guardians needed to consult with Angela. Felicity had
sensed something was wrong, and she was awake and dressed and ready to go when
I came outside. She met me at my Jeep. I wanted so much to hear how her Christmas
with Jake went. The fact that she wasn’t shimmering with excitement meant she
didn’t get that engagement ring. Instead, she made me tell her about my dreams.
Kurt’s truck
was sitting in the lot next to Divine’s when we arrived. I pulled up and parked
at the curb in front of the gate, behind a now-familiar sedan with a discrete
military sticker in the window. A powdered sugar snow was falling as I slid out
of the driver’s seat and braced myself on the door. My head throbbed when I prepared
to pull my wheelchair out of the car with telekinesis. I couldn’t do it with my
arms because I still ached in all my joints. Felicity told me to wait, and she
came around to take care of it for me.
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