Lean and dark-haired, Leon was a ball of wiry energy.
Next to him, Leon, his younger half brother and complete opposite, leaned on the wall, totally awake. Bern, my oldest cousin, resembled a bear awakened halfway through his hibernation-big, muscular, his light brown hair disheveled, holding a tablet that looked too small for his hands. Grandma Frida, thin, tan, with a halo of platinum curls, looked worried. The entire family congregated in front of the door, all except Mom. The hallway led to a door on the left where a small section of the warehouse was designated as the Baylor Agency’s office. The light in the media room was on, casting a warm electric glow and illuminating the way just enough to see. I took the stairs barefoot and followed my sister into a wide hallway. I wore an oversize grey T-shirt that came to my knees and said “I ♥ Sleep.” No time to change. She turned around and ran down the stairs leading from my loft suite to the rest of the warehouse we used as our home and place of business.Īugustine was absolutely the last person I expected at two o’clock in the morning. “Why?” Why in the world would the Head of House Montgomery be downstairs, in the middle of the night? I snapped out of my relief back to full alert. She wore an old, stained Sailor Moon T-shirt, and her basketball shorts were on backward. It caused me no end of anxiety.Īrabella’s face was flushed, and her blond hair stuck out from her head in weird directions. Our older sister, Nevada her husband and her mother-in-law were flying to Spain for a funeral. I sagged against the door frame in relief. I jumped out of the bed, sprinted across the bedroom, and flung the door open. The alarm clock on my nightstand glowed with bright red. Slowly the familiar contours of my bedroom came into focus through the gloom. The dream tore like wet tissue, and for a disorienting moment I didn’t know where I was. The bright little fishes following me scattered, the crystal-clear water vanished, and I landed on the sand. I was swimming through the warm water of the Gulf when someone knocked on the sky.
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