“What do we do now?” I asked frantically. “I need to get you two out of here, it’s not safe.” “What about you?” I asked, searching his face for an answer. “I’m going to check out what I can and then I’ll join you.” &n...
I noticed a shadow in the distance and immediately abandoned my thoughts of a smoke. I reached into my pocket, unfolded the wrist brace, and pinched a rock between my fingers and the leather strap. Drawing back the elastic band, I focused on the shadowy figure and released. &n...
It was the first time I allowed myself to think about the choices I had made. Though coming to California to follow that voice did not seem as if it were a choice at all. Glimpses, feathery whispers, the scent of cedar all like enchanted breadcrumbs. I could not explain the urgency even to mys...