Out of This World by Annette Mori

Author:Annette Mori [Mori, Annette]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Friends to Lovers, Lesbian Romance, Love Triangle, RomCom, Science Fiction, Small Town
Amazon: B017AOLYLW
Goodreads: 30078826
Publisher: Smashwords Edition
Published: 2015-08-15T04:00:00+00:00

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Celeste was still sleeping peacefully in the hammock and her color looked slightly better than before. However, that wasn’t saying too much because earlier she looked like walking death, a zombie without the grotesque decaying face.

I gently placed Gizmo on the hammock and she promptly curled up next to her sleeping charge. Gizmo knew her role and wasn’t about to wake her up.

She looked so beautiful and peaceful in sleep, but her frailty alarmed me. What if she wasn’t able to get enough energy from the sun to recover fully? Had she sacrificed her life for me? I felt helpless to do anything but watch over her and make sure the POS didn’t get his meat hooks in her. My stress-induced thoughts must have affected her because she began to stir.

Her lavender eyes blinked open and she focused on me. “Bella, are you not well?”

I stroked her arm. “Oh Celeste, I’m perfect thanks to you. You had me really worried. Are you feeling any better? We brought you out into the sunshine hoping that would help.”

“Yes it has helped. I estimate that I am about ten percent charged. I was dangerously close to empty. I require at least four to six hours more in the sunshine to charge to an acceptable level, more if I am required to expend a lot more energy. What has become of Greg?”

“Sydney is watching him. We have a small problem because we’re not really sure what to do with him. We were hoping you had some kind of power that we could use without killing him to get him off your track. I’m so sorry I doubted you. We don’t doubt you anymore. You can read minds, right? Can you manipulate thoughts?” I asked.

“Sometimes I pick up words or random thoughts, but mostly I pick up on energy signatures. We are forbidden to exercise mind control.”

Celeste seemed to go somewhere almost like she was visiting a fond memory as she smiled. “When we were younger we didn’t always abide by the rules, and Zaria, my energy mate and I, would play mind games with each other. We grew up together and would try to get the other to do unconventional things through mind control. She was much better than I was. One time she got me to climb up Cernia Hill, remove my outerwear, and swing my naked backside back and forth in front of the gathering. My caretakers were not at all pleased with our games, especially when we tried them out on others. Later, Zaria’s skill at mind control was very useful when helping our injured comrades endure the pain and pass to the other energy realm. I learned to refine my skill as well. It was another way to help her as the primary healer.”

“So, let me get this straight. You pulled pranks, she made you moon a bunch of people, and you helped with hospice care.”

“I am not familiar with the things you have cited,” she replied.

I was liking Celeste more and more and it seemed that her species was not that much different than ours.

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