Under a Dark Moon (The Keeper Saga Book 7) by K.R. Thompson

Author:K.R. Thompson [Thompson, K.R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Magic Quill Press
Published: 2016-12-10T08:00:00+00:00

THOUGH NIKKI WASN’T familiar with my kitchen, she opened a few drawers and found the spot where my mom had stashed the makings for hot chocolate. A few minutes later, we all sat at the kitchen table, each of us holding a steaming cup.

The little girl looked down into hers as if she was wondering what exactly we’d given her to drink. Once we’d made it inside, I’d turned the heat up and gotten us each a towel. She hadn’t been keen on the idea of drying off, but I’d insisted, and for some unknown reason, she’d let me help pat her hair dry. I’d offered to find drier clothes for her, but she’d firmly refused.

She took a tentative sip out of her cup and her eyebrows lifted in surprise. Hot chocolate was obviously much better than she’d expected.

“I suppose my first question is who are you?” I said finally, waiting for her to finish taking another drink.

“A water spirit. We aren’t all that fond of names, so we don’t bother with them. But when I was human, I was called Anna Ratherby,” she shrugged. “That was quite a while ago, when my parents left the currents and lived here for a time, with my sister and myself.” She frowned.

“Your sister is Edna Ratherby?” I asked, though I was certain I already knew the answer. This girl was identical to the one in the picture. She was even wearing the same dress.

“Edna is what the humans call her. Do you know her? Where is she? If you know, you must tell me!” The little girl sprang up from her seat, nearly knocking over her empty cup. “She was supposed to be here, but I couldn’t find her. I only found you.”

I winced and looked over at Nikki, who gave me a helpless shrug. There wasn’t going to be an easy way to tell her that her sister wasn’t expected to recover.

“I think you might want to sit down,” I suggested.

Anna obeyed, sitting on the very edge of the seat, looking every bit ready to spring back up again.

“My mother and I bought the house from the nursing home. Your sister has been there for a few months now. She’s in a coma. Unresponsive,” I said, attempting to give her the news as gently as I could.

It didn’t work. “You have to take me to her! Her time is nearly gone. If she doesn’t come back soon, she’ll die!”

“Come back where?”

“To the water, of course,” the little girl said, looking directly at me. I found myself staring into her eyes, the blue pulsed in them, moving like the creek’s current. “She was supposed to return a long time ago, but she kept putting off coming back. She loved living amongst the humans. None of the rest of us ever wished to stay here so long. I only stayed for a few weeks. The water is the only thing that will save her. Water sprites can only leave and return under a dark moon.

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