Shadow by David L Dawson

Author:David L Dawson [Dawson, David L]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fantasy
Amazon: B00A6SUC9A
Goodreads: 16179436
Published: 2012-11-12T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 18 – Topsy Turvy

The night was chilly, almost a prelude to the sub-zero lows of mid-winter. The inhabitants of the Widdershins house were all fast asleep, dreaming of Ancient Elvish characters and what happened next on Enchanter Close and of a husband being trapped inside a deep tomb, unable to escape being buried alive. Nightmares and fanciful dreams were the order of the day. Up on the sky platform Miss Weber, Seth and the Drake triplets slept soundly, if a little uncomfortably. The Drake triplets often shared their dreams, and this night they found themselves flying through the skies, rushing to the rescue of Miss Weber as she gripped helplessly to the precipice of a cliff. Seth didn’t dream. Miss Weber dreamed of dancing chocolate bars.

The one person in the immediate area not sleeping was Abercrombie Hayden. He was waiting for the right time to unleash his spell, the one that would bring him Cressida and the book. It would be a difficult spell, one that he had never performed before, but he knew he could do it. He had prepared his mind.

“One hour to go,” he murmured.

Inside the house Cressida rolled over in her sleep, touching the Book of Fire, which was still in the bed with her. It woke her instantly, and she sighed with annoyance. She had been having a dream that Mr. Sandstorm, the teacher with the dashing smile, had been teaching her ancient Elvish instead of Emily. All he did was compliment her on how wonderful she was and smile and twinkle his eyes at her. It had been the most wonderful dream she’d ever had.

“Then you had to go and spoil it all,” she accused the book.

She pushed the book away from her and attempted to go back to sleep again. After half an hour she gave up and turned her bedside lamp on. She picked up the Book of Fire and opened it to the final page, which Emily had informed her contained the protection spell and how to reverse it. She looked at it carefully, surprised; she actually recognized a few of the characters now. There was the character for magic; that one meant either force or power, she wasn’t sure which, and that one read summon. All the rest, however, seemed nothing but gibberish to her, and there were an awful lot of characters on that final page. This could, literally, take me weeks, she thought. Was I really stupid enough to think I could learn all I needed to in just a few days?

“You do realize that your lamp shines right onto my head?” Corona/Joe said, poking his head up from the side of her bed. Cressida had forgotten that Joe was in a sleeping bag on the floor.

“The book woke me up,” Cressida explained. “Sorry.”

Corona was angry, but it soon diminished. During her sleep she had been able to interact with Joe’s dream, and had watched him as he had dinner with his dead parents. She could have sworn he knew she was there, like a voyeur, but he never did anything.

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