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Authors: K.G. McAbee
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The Witchfinder Wars (28 page)
I know you can't respond. I don't even know
if you've gotten the first letter. But I have to feel connected to
you. One night wasn't enough, wasn't nearly enough.
My heart is too selfish.
Please know you are in my thoughts always.
May the Goddess be with you until I can be.
With all my love,
Anya
This one followed the first, but into a
different pocket. I began the third and last, dated only a few days
ago:
September 25
Tommy
—
Javier says I'm almost ready. Apparently,
forgers take longer than necessary when it comes to giving someone
a new name. A new life.
I can't shake the feeling something is
wrong. Something is out of place. Please, please be all right. I'm
coming back as soon as I can.
They've changed my name to Grace White.
Apparently it's the real meaning of my old name; should be easy for
me to remember. But how easy can it be to forget such a thing in
the first place?
At any rate, now you know the mask I'll be
wearing when you see me next—
I pray it will be very, very soon—
No signature on this one, but it didn't
matter; I knew who'd written it.
"Grand, this is—"
Grand raised her hand, the one holding a
piece of toast with a single bite taken out of it. "It's nice your
friends from school are worried about you, isn't it, Tommy? You
must have made quite an impression on them, even in the short time
you were able to attend. It's a shame you won't be taking classes
there any longer. Be sure to tell them all how much I appreciate
how we've been welcomed into Manning, won't you, dear? And if you
have any problems, tell the principal to call me."
I shut my mouth so hard my teeth clanked
together. I got it. "Yes, ma'am. I will. And Grand?"
"Yes, dear?" She took a bite of toast.
"I think I'll visit the clinic today and
wait to go back and finish up at school tomorrow."
"Hmm, quite a good idea, I think. You need
to see how well they're taking care of Spenser so you can clear
your mind for your studies. Working one-on-one with tutors can be
pretty intense, and a lot different than attending classes with
others. I understand completely. If you're finished stealing my
breakfast, why don't you run on now?"
I gave her an awkward hug, leaning down
while she sat at the table. She felt warm and comforting, as
always, but way thinner than I liked.
I added her to my pile of worries and headed
out the door and upstairs to get a jacket...and to put my letters
somewhere safe. I'd learned my lesson; Clay wasn't going to find
these letters like he'd found another one Anya had written.
I glanced out my bedroom window. Our house
was up in the hills, but I could see the Manning Clinic down in the
river valley. It looked like a toy made of blocks some kid had lost
beside a silver stream…..
Coming soon: Book two
in
The Witchfinder Wars:
Deception
by K.G. McAbee
and Cynthia D. Witherspoon
About the authors
of
The Witchfinder Wars
K.G.
McAbee
has had several books and nearly a hundred short stories
published, some of them quite readable. She takes her geekdom
seriously, never misses a sci-fi con, loves dogs and iced tea, and
believes the words 'Stan Lee' are interchangeable with 'The
Almighty.' She writes steampunk, fantasy, science fiction, horror,
pulp, westerns and, most recently, comics. She's a member of
Horror Writers Association
and
International Thriller
Writers
and is an Artist in Residence with the South Carolina
Arts Commission. She recently received an honorable mention in the
2013 3
rd
quarter Writers of the Future. For more
information, visit her blog or email her at
[email protected]
Cynthia D.
Witherspoon
is an award winning writer
of Southern Gothic, Paranormal Romance, and Urban Fantasy. She
has been published in numerous anthologies since 2009. Her work has
appeared in several award winning collections including
Dark Tales of Ancient Civilizations
(2012)
and
Pellucid
Lunacy
(2010).
Be sure to read Cynthia D. Witherspoon's
latest release at Smashwords:
Other works by K.G. McAbee at
Smashwords:
Horror
Fantasy
A
Dilemma of Dark and Dangerous Dimensions
Soul of Diamond, Heart of Glass
Out
of Time: An adventure of The Spectre
Cast Away the Works of Darkness
Steampunk
Lady Abigail and the Morose Magician
Professor Challenger and the Creature from the
Aether
A
Rollicking Band of Pirates We
Science Fiction
Souls Touched—Reasonable Rates
Optical Orifice of the Beholder
Captain D'Artagnan Jones and the Felspindyll from
Zardogaz
Tales from Omega Station: the
Omnibus
Historical
The
Case of the Sinister Senator