“What are you saying? You can show me how to do astral projection? How much does something like that cost? I don’t have much to spare,” I said cautiously. “Maybe we can work out a barter.” “What kind of barter? Unless you want me to…
Janet had been sleeping fitfully all night. At midnight, she sank into an exhausted deep sleep. Images began to flash in her mind. Janet dreamed that she was back in the pantry of the abandoned house with her sister. She looked over at Andrea and realized they were children. She could…
Janet and Andrea filed into a small conference room with a group of strangers. They spotted Jagathy and Daksha across the room but weren’t able to sit near them at the large table dominating the room. The sisters sat side by side across from them.…
In the early hours of morning, a stranger crept into Janet’s room. Andrea responded to her shouting and intervened moments before security charged in and subdued him. Janet still felt unsettled after breakfast. She tried to convey what she was feeling to Jagathy, nervously chewing her…
Palin helped Jagathy and Daksha into the second row of SUV seats as Janet and Andrea climbed into the rear seats. The bulb of the street light illuminating their vehicle shattered with a loud pop that sounded like the report of a gun. They all reflexively…
“I might actually be inclined to believe your do-it-for-the-greater good speech if your partner in crime Dorian hadn’t just tried to take the talisman from me,” Andrea snapped. Jagathy laughed, “He is not a doorkeeper. He’s just a middle man sent to secure the talisman for his master. We…
Andrea and Janet ran along the road for what seemed to Janet like hours pausing only to hide when they saw approaching headlights. Each time, they felt almost certain that their pursuers had found them. Janet would hold her breath, waiting until the headlights disappeared…