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Nine – 05

I had always wondered what it might be like to have a sister.  I realized in that moment that I’d found one in spirit if not by blood.  The kinship Neve and I shared was different than the relationships I … Continue reading

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Nine – 04

Thom rested his chin on my head, his arms wrapped tightly around my shoulders.  “What do you think it is?” he asked after a long moment. Neve’s eyes shown brightly in the dim.  “Are we really going to talk about … Continue reading

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Nine – 03

Cocooned in Thom’s arms, I eventually drifted back to sleep, though it wasn’t mercifully dreamless like most of my nights had been lately.  Someone was laughing, cackling almost madly, and it left my skin crawling even as I jerked awake … Continue reading

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Nine – 02

Sometime deep in the night, the wind began to howl and claw at the rooftops, rattling the whole world with all the fury of the worst West Michigan winter storms that I could recall.  As I pressed closer to Thom … Continue reading

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Nine – 01

They say that time heals all wounds, and I suppose that it must be true.  It didn’t take long for me to recover from the skinwalker attack.  Despite my apparently dramatic collapse, I was up in the afternoon of the … Continue reading

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