Where Shadows Dance (Ghosts & Shadows Book 2) by Vered Ehsani

Author:Vered Ehsani [Ehsani, Vered]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: Time Travelling Ghost Story
Published: 2012-04-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

One minute I was floating along, all comfortable and safe as a ghost, and the next, I was sitting in the puddle of mud that Juna had recently and dramatically exited. Definitely not very comfortable and probably not that safe, either. I glanced around frantically, but the veil was gone and so were my ghostly powers. I was solid and vulnerable and trapped in 1860, several months before the Civil War started. I looked up, as if expecting to see Shanti’s face peering down at me. Nope. Nothing there either. Upon closing the book, Kali’s reflection had effectively closed the veil and my only portal back to my reality, my life, my body. Bibi had warned me. I had ignored her. Now, I was stuck and I had no idea for how long.

As my numbed brain tried to absorb this seriously disturbing bit of information, I realized that I was still sitting in the mud. My nose was twitching with the strong smells of the swamp, and my shirt was already sticking to my sweating back, even though I hadn’t even moved. Yuck. And on top of that, the dogs (wherever Juna’s tornado had thrown them) seemed to have recovered. I could hear them barking nearby as they regrouped. They began to appear from behind trees and under bushes as they moved cautiously towards me, sniffing carefully. Although they were still a bit distracted and nervous, I decided that it would be safer if they couldn’t see me. Without thinking, I automatically shifted my focus so my body would dematerialize.

It didn’t.

I stayed very solid, my sneakers sinking into mushy ground and my body sweating way too much. “Great. Now what?” I asked, rather rhetorically.

I was stuck back in history in a solid body with no way of escaping and a pack of dogs easing towards me. I had lost Juna. And I had better start moving. My only consolation was that it appeared Sunday had escaped in all the confusion, and Juna was out of danger, at least temporarily, until she created the next disaster. With a heartfelt sigh, I pushed myself up and began to trudge into the forest. The dogs didn’t follow. They were still sniffing around in confusion. I wondered what the hunters would think when they saw how Juna’s track had just vanished, only to be replaced by a set of footprints that literally had dropped down from the sky.

Within minutes, I was not only hot and stiff from drying mud, but I was thirsty and surrounded by a swarm of really irritating little flies. I started thinking about Shanti, and decided not to. There was nothing I could do except freak myself out with all sorts of nightmarish possibilities. Not helpful.

I hoped she was all right.

Ok, so I was freaking myself out thinking about all the possible scenarios, most of them ending in some nasty way, nasty for me, at least. What would Shanti tell the rest of our family, if she couldn’t open up the book again? That I’d run away, because I couldn’t handle Mrs.

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