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Authors: Linda Wisdom
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but kept the vintage touches that melded seamlessly with the contemporary.
She pulled out a bottle of wine and filled three glasses.
“I love the colors you’ve chosen,” Rea said, unerringly finding plates and flatware and carrying them to the nook that held a small table and chairs. Twinkling lights on the patio gave the backyard a faery garden feel.
“I wanted a touch of home.” Lili enjoyed the deep blues, the bright yellows, and the splashes of coral that surrounded her.
“Can we eat?” Adam begged, transporting the cartons to the table. “Hungry witch here.”
They dug their chopsticks into the Kung Pao chicken, clams in black bean sauce, and lobster Cantonese, along with barbecued pork, fried rice and bacon-wrapped shrimp.
“What did you get Cleo?” She frowned at the cat’s now loaded dish.
“Peking duck,” Adam replied, using his chopsticks to snare a spring roll.
“Tastier than that cheap king salmon you picked up.” Cleo narrowed her eyes at Lili.
“And very fattening.” The witch bared her teeth.
“How does it feel being back at the hospital?” Rea asked. She refused to use her empath skills to read a friend unless expressly asked to. She usually joked she was off duty.
Adam, as a water witch, was happiest when at the beach, where he felt more in tune with the tides, than he was living further inland. Rea teased him that it was a shame he wasn’t born a selkie.
Lili knew a lot of surfers liked visiting Adam’s magick shop, since his charms could keep them safe while riding the waves, and fishermen also availed themselves of his skills. The two witches had dated briefly, years ago, but then decided they were better off as friends. Now Adam and Rea were a happy couple, and Lili was pleased she had been able to match them up.
Like her, they chose to live on the outskirts of Inderman, settling on a lovely Victorian Painted Lady home built in 1882 across from Alamo Square.
“It feels the same, yet it’s not, since there’s not that many staff members who were there the last time I worked at the hospital,” she replied. “The doctor in charge is very old-world medicine, and the Director of Nursing is a dragon-shifter.”
Rea wrinkled her nose. “Dragons always have way too much attitude. We had one running our counseling center for a while. We held a party the day she left.”
“Do you really think you can discover the truth about Sera and the others?” Adam asked.
Lili had contacted her friends before she returned to San Francisco and confided her plan, asking for their help. Both tried to dissuade her from her task, but she refused to back down. She was glad they were available as backup.
“I can try,” she admitted. “But there’s so much else going on there that’s odd.” She related her time below in the asylum and described its inhabitants. She glossed over Jared, since she still wasn’t sure about him. She also brought up her meeting with Amy in the dungeon space and what she learned about the ghost.
Rea’s eyes darkened with tears. “That poor baby, trapped in such a place. Why would some creature kidnap her and bring her across time?” She shook her head, clearly hating the idea of a frightened child dropped into a foreign situation.
“I don’t know. I need to talk to one of the Guides at the hospital about helping her cross over, hopefully to join with her mother. But I’m afraid I’ll need someone special. If the right person isn’t at the hospital, can you help me find someone?”
“Of course,” the empath said without hesitation.
“She said a big black bird took her?” Adam asked, pulling a small leather-bound notebook out of his shirt pocket.
Lili nodded.
“I’ll see if I can find anything out for you.” He jotted down a few sentences in his notebook before he returned it to his pocket.
“Thanks, Adam.” Lili sighed. “The hospital has changed quite a bit since the last time I worked there. Now it’s as if the place exists in
She pulled out a bottle of wine and filled three glasses.
“I love the colors you’ve chosen,” Rea said, unerringly finding plates and flatware and carrying them to the nook that held a small table and chairs. Twinkling lights on the patio gave the backyard a faery garden feel.
“I wanted a touch of home.” Lili enjoyed the deep blues, the bright yellows, and the splashes of coral that surrounded her.
“Can we eat?” Adam begged, transporting the cartons to the table. “Hungry witch here.”
They dug their chopsticks into the Kung Pao chicken, clams in black bean sauce, and lobster Cantonese, along with barbecued pork, fried rice and bacon-wrapped shrimp.
“What did you get Cleo?” She frowned at the cat’s now loaded dish.
“Peking duck,” Adam replied, using his chopsticks to snare a spring roll.
“Tastier than that cheap king salmon you picked up.” Cleo narrowed her eyes at Lili.
“And very fattening.” The witch bared her teeth.
“How does it feel being back at the hospital?” Rea asked. She refused to use her empath skills to read a friend unless expressly asked to. She usually joked she was off duty.
Adam, as a water witch, was happiest when at the beach, where he felt more in tune with the tides, than he was living further inland. Rea teased him that it was a shame he wasn’t born a selkie.
Lili knew a lot of surfers liked visiting Adam’s magick shop, since his charms could keep them safe while riding the waves, and fishermen also availed themselves of his skills. The two witches had dated briefly, years ago, but then decided they were better off as friends. Now Adam and Rea were a happy couple, and Lili was pleased she had been able to match them up.
Like her, they chose to live on the outskirts of Inderman, settling on a lovely Victorian Painted Lady home built in 1882 across from Alamo Square.
“It feels the same, yet it’s not, since there’s not that many staff members who were there the last time I worked at the hospital,” she replied. “The doctor in charge is very old-world medicine, and the Director of Nursing is a dragon-shifter.”
Rea wrinkled her nose. “Dragons always have way too much attitude. We had one running our counseling center for a while. We held a party the day she left.”
“Do you really think you can discover the truth about Sera and the others?” Adam asked.
Lili had contacted her friends before she returned to San Francisco and confided her plan, asking for their help. Both tried to dissuade her from her task, but she refused to back down. She was glad they were available as backup.
“I can try,” she admitted. “But there’s so much else going on there that’s odd.” She related her time below in the asylum and described its inhabitants. She glossed over Jared, since she still wasn’t sure about him. She also brought up her meeting with Amy in the dungeon space and what she learned about the ghost.
Rea’s eyes darkened with tears. “That poor baby, trapped in such a place. Why would some creature kidnap her and bring her across time?” She shook her head, clearly hating the idea of a frightened child dropped into a foreign situation.
“I don’t know. I need to talk to one of the Guides at the hospital about helping her cross over, hopefully to join with her mother. But I’m afraid I’ll need someone special. If the right person isn’t at the hospital, can you help me find someone?”
“Of course,” the empath said without hesitation.
“She said a big black bird took her?” Adam asked, pulling a small leather-bound notebook out of his shirt pocket.
Lili nodded.
“I’ll see if I can find anything out for you.” He jotted down a few sentences in his notebook before he returned it to his pocket.
“Thanks, Adam.” Lili sighed. “The hospital has changed quite a bit since the last time I worked there. Now it’s as if the place exists in
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