Dark Magick
Dark Magick
“Closed! Of course—it was the day after Thanksgiving. Lots of stores were closed. Hot tears sprang to my eyes, and I furiously blinked them back. In childish anger I kicked the front door. “Ow!” I gasped as pain shot through my toes.
Dammit. Where could I go? I felt weird; I needed to be around people. For a moment I considered going to Cal’s, but another strange rush of fear and nausea swept over me, and gasping, I leaned my head against Practical Magick’s door.
A muffled sound from within made... me peer inside the store. It was dark, but I saw a dim light on in the back, and then the shadow moving toward me metamorphosed into David, jingling his keys. I almost cried with relief.
David opened the front door and let me in. He locked the door behind me, and we stood for a moment, looking at each other in the dimness.
“I feel odd,” I whispered earnestly, as if this would explain my presence.
David regarded me intently, then began to lead me to the small room behind the orange curtain.MoreLess
Dammit. Where could I go? I felt weird; I needed to be around people. For a moment I considered going to Cal’s, but another strange rush of fear and nausea swept over me, and gasping, I leaned my head against Practical Magick’s door.
A muffled sound from within made... me peer inside the store. It was dark, but I saw a dim light on in the back, and then the shadow moving toward me metamorphosed into David, jingling his keys. I almost cried with relief.
David opened the front door and let me in. He locked the door behind me, and we stood for a moment, looking at each other in the dimness.
“I feel odd,” I whispered earnestly, as if this would explain my presence.
David regarded me intently, then began to lead me to the small room behind the orange curtain.MoreLess
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