The flame which had thus far remained steady licked at Owen's fingertips as he passed them over the candle on his desk. He left them to burn for a moment before taking his hand away when he couldn't bear the heat.
He opened the top drawer on the right and took out the gold band he stored there. Leaning back into his chair he turned the ring over and over. The gold glowed in the candle light in his dark office. It was a bright, spring day outside but the dark curtains were pulled over the windows as if that would help him hide better from his estranged wife. They could only run for so long. She would become more powerful as she solidified her pact with the demon.
"Hey! Dad!"
A hand pulled at his hard suddenly and he dropped the ring. It made several pings as it bounced on the hardwood floor and rolled under a table.
"Nicholas--" Owen resisted the urge to let his annoyance wash over him. He closed his eyes and stilled himself. "What is it?"
"Cain went to the lady's store."
Owen who had gone chasing after the errant ring snapped to full height and whirled around to gaze wide eyed at his son. Owen knew exactly that 'that lady's store' was Lavendula, the shop he frequently visited with the boys. That lady was Julianna, the owner.
"He what?"
Cain had whined at him all through breakfast to go to the shop. Owen never thought he would try to go on his own. What if the spell went wrong? What if she had moved some of her displays and he ---
"Get your shoes on. Get Ethan and go get in the car."
"Should Ethan put his shoes on?"
"Yes! Yes, everyone puts their shoes on."
A rush of ice cold air that he couldn't breathe. His body was being sucked through …. something.
He counted one, two, three, four…
"Oof." He opened his eyes as his unlaced dirty Converse hit the familiar floors of Lavendula. He stumbled forward and fell right into the wall of sealed glass containers that held varying levels of dried herbs for self-serve. His fall knocked down a row of glass containers that shattered on the floor around his feet.
"Ooops!" Cain touched his face, horrified, at the mess he'd made. His fingers smeared charcoal on his cheeks.
He immediately crouched down and began trying to gather the shards of glass together but cut his hand.
"Ouch."
Charcoal smeared hands were now becoming smeared with blood.
He opened the top drawer on the right and took out the gold band he stored there. Leaning back into his chair he turned the ring over and over. The gold glowed in the candle light in his dark office. It was a bright, spring day outside but the dark curtains were pulled over the windows as if that would help him hide better from his estranged wife. They could only run for so long. She would become more powerful as she solidified her pact with the demon.
"Hey! Dad!"
A hand pulled at his hard suddenly and he dropped the ring. It made several pings as it bounced on the hardwood floor and rolled under a table.
"Nicholas--" Owen resisted the urge to let his annoyance wash over him. He closed his eyes and stilled himself. "What is it?"
"Cain went to the lady's store."
Owen who had gone chasing after the errant ring snapped to full height and whirled around to gaze wide eyed at his son. Owen knew exactly that 'that lady's store' was Lavendula, the shop he frequently visited with the boys. That lady was Julianna, the owner.
"He what?"
Cain had whined at him all through breakfast to go to the shop. Owen never thought he would try to go on his own. What if the spell went wrong? What if she had moved some of her displays and he ---
"Get your shoes on. Get Ethan and go get in the car."
"Should Ethan put his shoes on?"
"Yes! Yes, everyone puts their shoes on."
--
A rush of ice cold air that he couldn't breathe. His body was being sucked through …. something.
He counted one, two, three, four…
"Oof." He opened his eyes as his unlaced dirty Converse hit the familiar floors of Lavendula. He stumbled forward and fell right into the wall of sealed glass containers that held varying levels of dried herbs for self-serve. His fall knocked down a row of glass containers that shattered on the floor around his feet.
"Ooops!" Cain touched his face, horrified, at the mess he'd made. His fingers smeared charcoal on his cheeks.
He immediately crouched down and began trying to gather the shards of glass together but cut his hand.
"Ouch."
Charcoal smeared hands were now becoming smeared with blood.
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