by Morgana Best
I paused with the sandwich half way to my mouth and stared at him.
He gestured to an old painting of my aunt’s, a landscape of water flowing over rocks with a man contemplating the scene at the edge of the creek. The painting was hanging on the wall over an old cedar sideboard. “It’s always flowing,” he said. “It never stops, in the same way that time flows and never stops. It moves around obstacles, like that rock there, or that branch that fell from the trees above. The point is that water flows, as do our lives. We can’t control it, but we can enjoy the highs and forget the lows.”
I think I understood. “Since moving here, I haven’t had many lows. You’ve all been great friends to me, and I can’t thank you enough.”
Ruprecht smiled. “You’re a special young woman,” he said. “And you’ll only grow more special.”
My thoughts turned to worry then, as Alder Vervain’s words came flooding back to me. I was a Dark Witch, and a hereditary one at that. The most powerful of all witches. Ruprecht and the others had told me I was powerful. They had just never explained to me that the reason I was powerful was because I was a Dark Witch.
Thyme came back into the room with another bottle of wine.
“You know, a river is sort of like life,” I said to her.
Thyme laughed. “You’ve been speaking to Ruprecht.”
I laughed and held out my glass for a refill.
Thyme nodded. “You got it, boss,” she said. “Onto where the river of life will take us.”
I wasn’t sure where that would be, whether it would be a well-earned break or yet more excitement. Whatever it was, I was glad that I had my house, Thyme, and my friends at my side. Even Alder had my back. With them, I could face anything. And I had a feeling that I would.
* * * The End * * *
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About Morgana Best.
#1 Best-selling Cozy Mystery author, Morgana Best, lives in a small, historic, former gold mining town in the middle of nowhere in Australia. She is owned by one highly demanding, rescued cat who is half Chinchilla, and two less demanding dogs, a chocolate Labrador and a rescued Dingo, as well as two rescued Dorper sheep, the ram, Herbert, and his wether friend, Bertie.
Morgana is a former college professor who now writes full time. Her subject was grammar. Morgana was a published author of dry academic books under a pen name, but abandoned academia to write cozy mysteries.
In her spare time, Morgana loves to read cozy mysteries, repurpose furniture, and renovate her old house. She is vegan.