Zane POVSo it was that despite my earlier relief, drugged tea was in my future. At least they didn’t make me bathe again.I had never been on a spirit walk, though Bertrand had and told me all about it in somewhat horrified detail. The walk had helped him, he swore, but he said he never wanted to d
The priest passed the goblet to the head Oracle, who brought it up under her hood, swallowed without difficulty, and returned the now empty vessel to the priest, who walked out. The Oracle motioned to the marble slab near me, and I got on and laid down as she did the same.The Oracle took one of tho
Sarah POVWith Zane at the temple and the girls in school, the villa, for all its size, felt claustrophobic. I texted Melissa and found out she was currently at the Abrigan Mine making a YouTube video of the children at their new school explaining the inner workings of a geothermal plant.I even wen
Sarah POVI was hoping to see Zane when I got to the villa, but Hans told me he was upstairs lying down. I supposed the visit to the temple had been strenuous and/or frustrating. I changed out of my shopping clothes into jeans and a nice top, wondering if I wanted to give the girls the model right a
Sarah POVI had left Zane alone for three days after his trip to the temple, and then, to my relief, his eyes were clearer the next morning, and after breakfast and kissing the girls goodbye for school, he didn’t disappear into his study or take the car out, so I made us a little extra coffee, and w
Sarah POVI squirmed a little. “Once or twice.”He was silent for a moment. “Can you remember any details of these dreams?”I thought about it for a moment, and then I described the forest, which felt familiar and comfortable. I talked about the way the moonlight seemed to make the moonlight sparkle
Sarah POV“Fifty thousand dollars?” Zane asked, leaning back in the large chair behind his desk.Travis nodded, taking a file from Alicia Wetmore with a just slightly lingering gesture that rang a clear bell in my head. Well, she was an alpha and he was a beta, but he was just about the most alpha-i
Sarah POVIt was the night before Zane and I had a parent-teacher conference set up at the girls’ school, so we visited them together to say goodnight and ask if they had any worries.“What are you going to talk about?” Chloe wanted to know.“About the two of you, of course,” Zane said. “How you’re