Into the Mystic, Volume One by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, Anthology, paranormal, Short Stories, lesbian, bisexual
Publisher: NineStar Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Winter

An Unusual Yule Gift

Pulling back the curtains, Alyssa looked at the raging blizzard outside. It was day three of the storm and it still wasn’t giving up. The blowing winds had drifted snow across the back door to the apartment building where she lived. She wasn’t going anywhere for a few days.

But there was food in the house, a warm pot of tea on the counter, and a stack of interesting books to read, although she had read most of them before. Alyssa took a sip from her mug. The tea was her own mix of rosehips and hibiscus flowers, with just a dash of peppercorns.

Settling into her big comfy chair, Alyssa pulled her blanket up around her. She pulled out her Shadow Book and studied the spells she had written in early September. With a flick of her wrist and a twitch of her finger, the candles around the room ignited.

There. That’s better.

The warm glow of candlelight always soothed her, particularly when it was so grey outside. It didn’t take long for the faint odor of melting paraffin wax to permeate the room.

From where she sat, a three-tiered plant stand sat in the front window, its shelves bursting with foliage. Most were herbs, but there was a coleus that brightened up the cart with its mottled colors and spikes of tiny white and purple flowers. An orchid was in bloom as well, sporting outlandish flowers with garish colors. It was a cheery sight.

Alyssa got up and turned on the fluorescent tubes of the light stand, and as they flickered to life, a warm white light radiated throughout the living room.

A small terra-cotta pot sat in the middle of the top shelf, a wide berth around it so that whatever sprouted would have lots of room to stretch and grow. Hidden under the soil was the seed Elah had given her. She had planted it the day after the Samhain holiday, and it had been almost two months with no sign of life. No sprout, no little green thing poking out of the rich brown soil. Nothing.

Alyssa had even carefully dug down to see if the seed was still good and hadn’t rotted. Something she knew she should never do, but she just couldn’t help herself. She ran her finger over the rim of the pot, silently wishing to herself…

I wish you were here with me.

Glancing through the frost-laden windows, Alyssa shivered. Just thinking about Elah asleep in her tree, surrounded by the frozen landscape, made her feel terribly lonely, wishing spring would hurry up so she could visit the grove again.

After the last holiday, there had been no phone calls. Yule was only a few days away. Rachel hadn’t called to tell her she was out, but then no one had called her to inform her of the Yule celebrations. Was this the same exile Jenny had experienced? Alyssa had even called Samantha, several times, but always got her voicemail.

Samantha had never called back.

Didn’t matter. She had been a solitary practicing witch before, she could be one again.

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