Travel Glasses
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Valcas looked down at my extended hand that held the travel glasses. Then he looked back at me, studying my face. He frowned when he met my eyes. “Keep them. They’ve already made their impression on you.”
I did not respond at first. We just stood there looking at each other. He seemed just as disturbed by how much I’d changed since we’d last seen each other. His gaze was so intense that I suddenly felt very self-conscious. I covered my eyes—hid them—with the travel glasses. “Are you sure?”
He nodded and offered his hand again. This time I accepted. His fingers were as chilled as mine were, but they were real. Together, we walked to where he’d parked his Estrel-Flyer. Once seated, I shook red and purple sand from my running shoes.
Valcas started the engine and lifted the flyer up into a hover. “Are you ready to go?” he asked, just loud enough for me to hear him over the engine.
“Yes.”
He pressed the accelerator. We ascended up into the black starless sky and into the blank, white empty.
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I am forever grateful to you, Jessica Springer, Jodie Jones, Christal Ferrance, Courtney Drake and Debbi Asencio, for your thoughtful comments and feedback throughout the various stages of what has become TRAVEL GLASSES. I would also like to thank you, Marcos Drake, for your imaginative cover art originally used to publish this book in ebook format.
Without the encouragement and patience of people like you, projects like this don’t get finished. Many thanks to all of you for helping me to complete what I started. I could not have done this without you.
Thank you for reading TRAVEL GLASSES, the first installment of The Call to Search Everywhen series. I am honored to introduce you to Calla and Valcas’ story. For more information about me and updates on new books in the series, please visit my website at www.chessdesalls.com.
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TRAVEL GLASSES is a work of fiction. The characters and events portrayed are used in a fictitious manner and are the products of the author’s imaginings. Any resemblances to real persons, living or dead, or to actual events are purely coincidental.