Encounters
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The wind really picked up then. She came at me clawing at my face trying to get it back. Suddenly I was airborne again but this time I grabbed hold of someone. The Bruja came with me as we rattled around the room. At some point my knife must have slipped out of its sheath. We came down hard and I heard her gasp as she landed on top of me.
I looked down between us and saw that it had slipped between her ribs. I rolled her off of me and cradled her head as the life slipped out of her eyes. Standing I turned to face Guabancex.
“It’s over ma’am. Your master is dead and it’s time for you to go back to sleep.”
Her response was in a language that I couldn’t understand. The snarl on her face was slightly more telling. She raised her hands high and more thunder broke. Rain began to pour outside the tower. I slipped the Bruja’s talisman around my neck. Everything stopped as suddenly as it started. She lowered her arms and her features went slack.
“That’s better” I said as I approached her. I have to confess that I debated what to do next. Keeping a storm goddess on a leash could come in handy but I finally decided to let that go. I lifted Raoul’s talisman to her head and she leaned into it.
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I walked back outside to see the sun peaking back out. I wasn’t sure where to go from here. I needed to find somewhere safe to stash the amulet. It wouldn’t do to have someone let loose an angry goddess and her two henchmen; after that though I didn’t have a clue. What does a dead man do in America these days?
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Stewart Felkel lives in Sterlington, La with his beautiful wife and their three fur babies. He has been a band director, music minister and optician. His hobbies include an eclectic mix of things including boxing, archery, bowery, medieval combat and writing. For freebies, news of upcoming works and the occasional book review check out his site www.stewartfelkel.weebly.com.
Table of Contents
OFFERINGS
VAMPIRES: A PSA
A NIGHT UNDER THE STARS
MONSTERS
CARRIER
THE HUNTING TRIP
LAST ONE LEAVES THE LIGHT OUT
STORM OVER SAN JUAN
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