Whisper Cape by Regan Walsh

Author:Regan Walsh [Walsh, Regan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Amber Glow Books
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Sprawled on the floor next to the crackling fire, bodies tangled, Cael and Addison still worked at catching their breath after the miracle that took place on the sofa. Stroking his finger down her cheek, Cael marveled at how beautiful she was with the light of the fire dancing in her golden eyes. His gaze drifted to her locket—did it just glow? Grasping it between his fingers, he thought it must have been the fire reflecting off the metal.

“Listen, Addison, I’m sorry about before.”

“Shhh.” She brushed his lips with hers.

He glanced at the box they brought from her apartment. He sat up, bringing it to his lap. “Let’s see what we have here.”

“I told you it’s nothing more than a box I keep my stuff in.” She sat facing him with her legs crossed.

“Yes, but ...”

He pulled everything out of it, placing her treasures on the floor. He turned the box upside down, shook it and the bottom of the inside loosened.

“Hey, you broke my box.”

He smiled at her accusation.

“No, look. It has a false bottom.”

He lifted out a four-by-six inch leather book, roughly a half-inch thick, bound and secured with a black leather cord held in place by a small button.

“It’s the journal.”

“But the pictures I looked at ... there wasn’t a picture of this box.”

“I know. That picture went missing shortly after your father showed it to me.”

As he held the book out for her to see, her locket glowed again.

“I wasn’t imagining things! Well, well, look what we have here. Your locket, the stone is glowing as if it likes the book. Take it off.”

“No!” She closed her hand over it.

“Trust me, I’ll put it right back on.” He struggled with the clasp. “Damn, it’s stuck. Can you get it over your head?”

“No, it’s too short. I’ve never tried to take it off before. I guess when my father put it on he meant for it to stay.”

“Apparently.”

“He said it would keep me safe.”

“Hmmm ... does it open?”

“Yes, there’s a photo of me as a baby, my mother, and my father.” She opened it and showed him the picture.

“Why is it so thick and still glowing? Wait.” He got up and went to the kitchen, returning with a safety pin. He knelt down in front of her and using the pin, pried the picture out, exposing am amber-colored object with a yellowish tint to it. It glowed with a brilliance that illuminated the entire room.

They stared at it in awe.

“Clever man. It’s the crystal. You’ve been wearing it this whole time. It must be reacting to the journal.”

Addison glanced in the box. “What’s that?”

A white envelope lay inside the box where the book had been. Cael picked it up and turned it over. The envelope had Cael’s name on it.

“What is it?”

Shaking his head, he opened it and removed a letter, unfolding it carefully. “It’s a letter from your father; he must have put it in there when he realized his life was in danger.”

He started to read the letter silently as Addison looked on, biting her bottom lip.

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