The Soothsayers by Wanda A. Wallace

Author:Wanda A. Wallace
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, love, suspense, murder, mystery, magic, future, crystal ball
Publisher: Champagne Books

Twelve

Confiding

Elixir cracked open the front door and took a seat on the step beside him, though how she’d known he’d still be there puzzled her. She slipped her hand through the crook at his elbow, and around his upper arm, tilted her head and rested it gently upon his shoulder. She so enjoyed the feeling of his strong shoulder beneath her cheek. The joy of togetherness filled her senses. He seemed engrossed in his own thoughts, and she wondered for a time whether she should speak. At long last, she decided they needed to talk.

“You’ve learned a good deal about my family this evening. And about us,” she said.

“Thank you for confiding in me. I know it must have been a difficult decision to trust me.”

“The only choice we had, with me so smitten.”

“Smitten?” A smile grew on his face. “I never imagined you might feel as I do. I only hoped.”

“Imagine it.”

“I’m sitting here wondering what it might be like to know others’ futures. It must be a heavy responsibility to see such things.”

“A weighty responsibility, yes, and a wonderful gift our family possesses. We consider it a blessing. We know not how our ancestors earned the honor, but we consider it a treasure, with which we’ve been endowed. You now understand why I must work. You realize why I could never abandon my family’s business. I must do as I have been created to do—soothsay for all my days.”

He nodded and looked toward her lovingly. She basked in the warmth of his expression.

Then he asked, “How does it feel when you soothsay? What is it you see?”

She had never confided in anyone outside of her family. Since they shared her gifts, no explanation had ever been needed. Then she thought about how surprised she’d been at the nightmare’s revelations. She wondered if the absence of discussion of how the messages were received meant others in her family might feel differently when they have insights. She resolved to have a long conversation with her family, in which they would share all the variety they had seen. They might well enhance their services if they pooled experiences.

Why had she never considered the advantages that might flow from conversation regarding their gift? Funny how people too often took things for granted and failed to make enhancements, even though they could easily be accomplished. She had seen such missed opportunities in others’ futures. Why had she failed to recognize such a chance the Views had available? Suddenly she realized that just as she had opened Lance’s eyes regarding his family finances, he had inadvertently opened her eyes to a road to greater excellence in soothsaying. Communication was critical.

Turning back to his question, she reflected how she had never expressed her senses in words. It took her a few minutes to select the right descriptions. “Sometimes I see the future as clearly as if it were the real world moving in front of my eyes. At other times, the presentation is like a puzzle with many gaps in the picture, and only a few cogent reflections of the underlying scene.

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