Shadow of Time - Book 1: (Paranormal Romance) by Minkman Jen

Author:Minkman, Jen [Minkman, Jen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-01-05T05:00:00+00:00

When the sun had almost set, Hannah walked with her friends to the street where Josh’s family had their large, octagonal hoghan. They’d all been invited to dinner.

While the Navajo family was busy cooking on outdoor grills, Hannah’s eyes wandered to the smaller, hexagonal hoghan to the right of the main building. Of course, it could only belong to one person. She couldn’t contain her curiosity, so she left her friends sitting outside the sweatlodge and made her way to Josh’s private hoghan.

Gingerly, she stepped inside. Her gaze quietly touched the walls, the two burning candles on the floor giving off a soft light, illuminating the medicine wheel on the far wall. In the middle of the house, there was the typical fireplace – the center of every hoghan. To her right, some cupboards lined the walls. Four bookshelves had been attached to the wall opposite the entrance. And in the far right corner, a mattress was on the floor covered with a hand-woven Navajo blanket. Next to it was an armchair that Josh apparently used as a make-shift guitar stand and clothes rack. An oval-shaped mirror was fixed to the wall above the chair.

On a peg above the bed, Hannah discovered the most beautiful dreamcatcher she had ever seen. It contained blood-red thread, turquoise beads, feathers and silver-colored yarn. Her breath caught in her throat as she bent over and took a closer look at the intricate piece of art. The power contained within this dreamcatcher was almost palpable. Had Josh made it himself? It had to be his. She could somehow feel it.

Hannah took a step backward and started to check out the content of the bookshelves. There were textbooks and boxes full of traditional jewelry, but also an impressive collection of novels and scientific journals. She picked up a book lying a bit apart from the others with the spine cracked open somewhere in the middle.

“Edward T. Hall,” she mumbled softly, reading the title on the cover. “An Autobiography.”

“He lived and worked in Navajo Nation,” Josh’s voice suddenly sounded from the doorway. Hannah almost jumped out of her skin, whipping around and putting the book back like a child caught red-handed. Josh sauntered inside, smiling at her. “You can borrowing it if you want.”

“But – you’re reading it. Right?” Hannah objected. Crap. She had no idea how to save face. She’d just barged into his home without permission and she’d been going through his stuff.

“I’ve read it before.” Josh shrugged and picked up the dog-eared book. He was silent for a moment. “I actually met the author.”

“Oh, really? Where?”

“At one of his lectures. He was a speaker at a conference in Tuba City a few years ago. I talked to him after his lecture to discuss his work with him.”

Hannah blinked and made a quick calculation. “So – how old were you then?”

Josh bit his lip, a guarded look in his eyes. The look she’d seen too many times already. “Fifteen,” he mumbled.

“Wow.” She eyed him incredulously. “Well, I’m impressed.

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