Lost in Mist and Shadow: A Between the Worlds Novel by Morgan Daimler

Author:Morgan Daimler [Daimler, Morgan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-10-30T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8 – Sunday

Allie was sitting in the kitchen drinking coffee, even though the sky outside was dark. Something seemed strange about that, but she couldn’t quite put her finger on it, so she sat and sipped her drink, contemplating the sky.

Motion and a slight noise to her left made her turn her head and without thinking she blurted out, “Oh, this is a dream.”

“No shit Sherlock,” Syndra said calmly, sitting down and taking a long drink from her own cup, which Allie would have sworn wasn’t there a moment before. She was wearing her workout clothes this time, shorts and a spandex shirt, both black. Her short blonde hair was pulled up in a thick ponytail. “Damn this is good. It’s the little stuff you miss, you know?”

“Not really but I can imagine,” Allie said. “Why is the sky so dark?”

“There’s no moon tonight. There’s no moon any night here. It’s always dark.”

“Ooooookay,” Allie said slowly. “Wouldn’t you rather have a beer?”

“Oh fuck that’s brilliant! I hadn’t even thought of that. Yeah I totally want a beer,” Syndra got up and practically ran to the fridge. Allie didn’t bother asking why the coffee cup had just appeared when Syndra wanted it, but she had to get up and go retrieve the beer herself.

“I haven’t saged the store again, but I still don’t see you around.”

“Oh I’m around, as much as I can be. I don’t know why you don’t see me,” Syndra shrugged, sitting back down with the beer and taking a long drink. “Maybe its some sort of half-elven pigheaded obnoxious thing.”

“Gee thanks,” Allie said making a face.

“Well then you tell me Al, why don’t you see me anywhere but here?”

“You know you seemed way less annoying when you were alive,” Allie said smiling at her friend.

“Ah, I see you’re channeling your inner bitch again – good keep it up. You need more of that. Or have we just moved past the painful grief stage to the I’ve-accepted-my-friend’s-lack-of-body stage? Can we safely make jokes about my shitty afterlife?” Syndra took an impossibly long swig from her beer, which Allie was starting to suspect was bottomless.

“Is it that bad? Being dead?” Allie asked softly, looking intently at her friend’s face.

“Well, spending most of my time stuck in the woods sucks some serious ass. But being a ghost has its moments. Being here with you now isn’t so bad,” she said reaching out to touch the table top thoughtfully. Then she looked up smirking. “And watching you get it on with your gorgeous boyfriend is pay-per-view worthy. I totally see why you couldn’t say no to that.”

“Oh my Gods Syndra! You didn’t!” Allie was so mortified she covered her face with her hands.

“Of course I did,” Syndra replied, matter-of-factly. “Why do you care? I’m dead it’s not like I was recording anything to sell as a sex tape Fairy cops edition, or kinky book store owner edition or whatever. I was worried about you and trying to keep an eye on you, as much as I could.

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