Ghost Town by Phoebe Rivers

Author:Phoebe Rivers
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Simon Spotlight

CHAPTER 8

My hand grazed the purple curtain before pushing it aside.

“There you are, child. Didn’t you hear me calling?”

I’d been out back, trying to place my flip-flops casually on the grass, as if they’d been carelessly kicked off, so I could take a photo.

“Sorry,” I replied. I stared in amazement. She stood by the back shelves of the fortune-telling room with a sparkling bright-blue stone in one hand and a soft, yellow cloth in the other. Rows and rows of colorful stones glimmered from the display.

“Don’t be shy. Come closer.” She beckoned to me. “I don’t want to raise my voice in this room. The aura in here is delicately balanced. Can you feel it?”

I stood still and felt a floating feeling. That sense that comes the instant before you open your eyes in the morning when you already know it’s sunny and there’s no school. “Yes,” I said, my voice showing my surprise.

“Good. It’s good you can feel it.” She rubbed a whitish-green stone, bringing out its shine.

“These rocks are so pretty,” I said.

“These are not rocks,” she corrected. “Rocks are outside in the dirt. These are gemstones and crystals. They have powers.”

“Powers?” I edged closer to the shelves. “What kinds?”

“Many different kinds. Light reflects off the gems and crystals, allowing their special energy to be absorbed into your body.” She reached for a pale pink jagged crystal. “This is rose quartz. It helps you to forgive. The crystal next to it provides safe journey.”

“What about this yellow one?” I pointed to a smooth, small stone.

“Citrine helps solve money problems,” she explained. I briefly thought back to my dad and wondered if he did have money problems, could they be cured by a gemstone?

“Pink opal improves luck. Tiger’s eye, jade, and agate offer protection,” Lady Azura continued.

“Protection from what?” I asked.

“Bad feelings, negative desires, evil.” She pointed to a brown stone and a gray stone. “Pink tourmaline and smoky quartz are the most powerful against evil forces.”

I reached for the quartz, but she blocked my reach. “It is not for you to choose,” she cautioned. “The stone must choose you.”

Choose me? I was back to not understanding her.

“I need you to fetch me something important,” Lady Azura said.

“Okay.” My gaze lingered on the two stones. Shields against evil. Would they work?

“Fresh fudge. Vanilla, to be exact. From Veda’s Fudge Shop on the boardwalk,” Lady Azura instructed.

“On the boardwalk?” I repeated. I knew where the fudge shop was. Across from the haunted house.

“Yes.” She inhaled. “I can sense they are making a batch now. Veda’s is like no others. I can taste the difference.”

“But—” I couldn’t go back there.

“Hurry, child. People are lining up. I can feel it.” She motioned toward the curtain.

I didn’t move.

Lady Azura paused, then grabbed both my hands with hers. She gazed intently at me. “Sara.” Her bony fingers gripped so hard that blood pulsed in my veins. “You must face your fears.”

“What?” I cried, startled.

“You cannot live in fear.”

Does she know about the spirit at the haunted house? I wondered.

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