Total pages in book: 30
Estimated words: 28845 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 144(@200wpm)___ 115(@250wpm)___ 96(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 28845 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 144(@200wpm)___ 115(@250wpm)___ 96(@300wpm)
“What’s in it?” Kristin asked.
“Sea salt,” I said as I took the bottle. “Because of the connection between the sea and the moon. Jasmine ashes, because jasmine corresponds with the moon. Glitter because it reflects light, just like the moon. I made it last night and Sarah charged in the moonlight overnight.”
Nodding like she understood, Kristin looked from the bottle to me and then asked, “What’s the connection with the moon?”
“It’s used to call energy from the moon for the spell,” Sarah stated like Kristin should have known that. “Are you not reading the book I gave you?”
Rolling her eyes, Kristin said, “I’m trying to, but I keep falling asleep!”
I couldn’t help but giggle. Taking Kristin’s arm, I said, “Come on, let’s go.”
“I can’t believe I’m doing this,” Sarah grumbled before she asked, “You have everything else?”
Smiling, I said, “Yep, got it all.
Sarah could pretend she didn’t want to do this, but I knew she was as curious as I was.
The three of us made our way toward Midtown Park. I wanted to do it at the park since it was close to both Lucas’s job and the dig site, and I wasn’t sure where he would be during the time of the spell.
“I really hope no one knows what we’re doing.” Kristin glanced around while putting down the blanket.
Sarah scoffed. “Why? Because we live in a town where every other person practices magick?”
Kristin brought her hands to her hips. “People expect it from you two. They don’t expect it from me!”
I sat down next to Sarah, and we started to lay everything out.
“What’s the bowl for?” Kristin asked.
“To grind everything together. Will you pick that dandelion flower for me? But don’t do anything to it yet,” I stated.
Kristin leaned over and picked the flower. “This has to be the biggest dandelion I’ve ever seen.”
Sarah laughed. “It is! I’ve never seen one so big.”
After I had everything laid out, we sat in a circle.
I closed my eyes and thought of Lucas. When I opened my eyes, Kristin was glancing between me and Sarah.
“Was I supposed to be doing anything?”
I smiled and shook my head. With a deep breath, I asked, “Ready?”
“So ready!” Kristin said.
“I hope you know what you’re doing, Hollie,” Sarah whispered.
I started to hum in a low voice, and Kristin and Sarah joined in as we all held hands. I dropped Kristin’s hand and started the spell.
Pouring the moondust into the bowl, I said, “A bit of moondust, a must. A sprig of hair gotten on a dare.”
Kristin had managed to pull a few strands out of Lucas’s hair last night, much to his dislike.
“Add a pinch of sage spice to make everything nice.”
I dropped the spice into the bowl with the few hairs and the moondust.
“Grind it into the finest powder and sprinkle on a dandelion flower.”
As I ground the ingredients into a fine powder, Sarah squeezed my left hand.
Kristin held up the flower up over the bowl while I sprinkled it over the top.
Holding the flower up, I said, “Blow into the wind and let his binded powers rescind!”
Turning to Sarah, I chuckled. “Will you help me blow it? It’s so big.”
She winked. “Let’s do this.”
We both drew in a breath and blew. The three of us watched the dandelion fluff float into the air.
“Now we sit back and wait and see,” Kristin stated.
Sarah chewed nervously on her thumbnail.
“Were we supposed to think about Lucas at all?” Kristin asked.
When we both turned to look at Sarah, she swallowed. “I hope not.”
“Don’t worry, I was!” I said as I watched Sarah’s cheeks turn bright pink.
Lucas
Matt and I walked out of Nathaniel’s Restaurant and started toward The Common, a local park, since cutting through it would bring us back to the office sooner. I needed to check my emails before I headed back out to the dig site.
A gust of wind hit and pollen flew into our faces.
“Shit, that got in my mouth!” Matt started to make sounds with his mouth like he was spitting something out.
I blinked a few times and waved the air in front of my face. “Where did that gust of wind come from?” I asked, laughing.
“What in the hell!” Matt called out before he sneezed. A woman walking past us let out a little yelp as her blouse ripped open like an invisible hand had pulled it apart.
Matt and I stood there, stunned.
“Ma’am, your shirt,” Matt stating, pointing at her.
She glanced down and let out a yelp and started to quickly pull her shirt together as she practically ran away.
Matt and I both looked at each other.
“That was weird,” I said on a laugh.
“It sure was.”
We made our way through the park, and once we got back to the city offices, Matt stopped. “Do you hear that?”
“Hear what?”
He looked around then started to turn in a circle.