Between Darkness and Daylight by Gracie C. Mckeever Page B
Authors: Gracie C. Mckeever
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that one himself. But Nova didn't have a chance to answer and he didn't have another minute to think about it before Detective Leary was escorting the three of them to the back of a waiting ambulance.
For the second time in two weeks, Ransom took a trip "downtown".
* * * *
She shouldn't have allowed the woman that close, and wouldn't have, had her second sight been more accurate and clear. Perhaps if she'd had a little more practice, were as gifted as her mother, she could have predicted the exact moment and location of the incident and been able to avoid it, could have suggested an alternate route to Zane.
Without alerting his suspicions, though? That was the question.
As it was, she'd barely had enough time to push him out of the way before the woman could sink the knife into his chest. It had happened so fast. One minute they were waving at Ransom, the next the woman was rushing at them through crowd. No one else had seemed to notice the commotion amidst the hip-hop music blasting from a boom box at the curb and the kids milling about in raucous cliques. By the time anyone had known what was going on, the woman was almost upon Zane.
Again, Nova's instincts had gone into overdrive. Again, she'd acted without thinking twice.
Unconsciously, she rubbed the bandage covering her right forearm. It was just a scratch, but Detective Leary and Zane had insisted she get it patched up at the hospital. That had been a couple of hours, a precautionary tetanus shot, and an official statement ago. Now she sat on a bench across from the squad's Police Administrative Assistant. Several detectives bustled in and out, shuffling papers, working on reports, and moving to and fro with the business of their day as Ransom came over with a soda from a nearby vending machine.
He took the seat beside her, handing her the can, and she held it against her forehead, the coolness soothing a pounding headache that had cropped up out of nowhere.
"Hey, Wonder Woman."
"Don't be a smart aleck or I won't take you rock climbing."
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"You were going to take me rock climbing?"
"Maybe I should let your uncle talk to you about it first."
"Too late, secret's out." Ransom settled back in his seat and smiled at her before sliding closer, shoulder-to-shoulder, just short of cuddling.
Nova reveled in the warmth emanating from his body, a subtle glow of energy that she recognized as the boy's aura. She glanced at him from the corner of an eye to test her theory and recognized the pale, narrow band outlining his figure. It looked like light blue smoke adhering to his body.
She wondered now if the glow to Josh's complexion she'd noticed earlier had been just ruddy youthful good health shining through or her ability to see the young man's life energy. She'd never paid any attention to it before, the force field beyond the skin of the body, had only heard her mother extol the virtues of being able to read the colors. According to her mother, the ability to read auras brought one closer to his or her own True Nature, brought one closer to truth in others.
Nova had always found her Mom's Zen philosophies hard to swallow, especially as a young girl, when she’d been more interested in reading whether a boy liked her enough to take her to the prom or trying to tap into her special abilities to get answers when she hadn't studied for a test. Her mother often told her not to lower herself and prostitute her gifts so, but Nova never really believed she had them to begin with.
Until coming to New York.
Since being in the city, especially since meeting Ransom and Zane, she was more aware of the human energy field, better able to see it without trying, to read it without knowing how. She was less willing to sell her gifts short, more able to appreciate them and believe in their existence. Nova hadn't truly believed in auras until now, when she was able to glance at the boy and see the bright layer of color surrounding his
For the second time in two weeks, Ransom took a trip "downtown".
* * * *
She shouldn't have allowed the woman that close, and wouldn't have, had her second sight been more accurate and clear. Perhaps if she'd had a little more practice, were as gifted as her mother, she could have predicted the exact moment and location of the incident and been able to avoid it, could have suggested an alternate route to Zane.
Without alerting his suspicions, though? That was the question.
As it was, she'd barely had enough time to push him out of the way before the woman could sink the knife into his chest. It had happened so fast. One minute they were waving at Ransom, the next the woman was rushing at them through crowd. No one else had seemed to notice the commotion amidst the hip-hop music blasting from a boom box at the curb and the kids milling about in raucous cliques. By the time anyone had known what was going on, the woman was almost upon Zane.
Again, Nova's instincts had gone into overdrive. Again, she'd acted without thinking twice.
Unconsciously, she rubbed the bandage covering her right forearm. It was just a scratch, but Detective Leary and Zane had insisted she get it patched up at the hospital. That had been a couple of hours, a precautionary tetanus shot, and an official statement ago. Now she sat on a bench across from the squad's Police Administrative Assistant. Several detectives bustled in and out, shuffling papers, working on reports, and moving to and fro with the business of their day as Ransom came over with a soda from a nearby vending machine.
He took the seat beside her, handing her the can, and she held it against her forehead, the coolness soothing a pounding headache that had cropped up out of nowhere.
"Hey, Wonder Woman."
"Don't be a smart aleck or I won't take you rock climbing."
Between Darkness and Daylight
79
"You were going to take me rock climbing?"
"Maybe I should let your uncle talk to you about it first."
"Too late, secret's out." Ransom settled back in his seat and smiled at her before sliding closer, shoulder-to-shoulder, just short of cuddling.
Nova reveled in the warmth emanating from his body, a subtle glow of energy that she recognized as the boy's aura. She glanced at him from the corner of an eye to test her theory and recognized the pale, narrow band outlining his figure. It looked like light blue smoke adhering to his body.
She wondered now if the glow to Josh's complexion she'd noticed earlier had been just ruddy youthful good health shining through or her ability to see the young man's life energy. She'd never paid any attention to it before, the force field beyond the skin of the body, had only heard her mother extol the virtues of being able to read the colors. According to her mother, the ability to read auras brought one closer to his or her own True Nature, brought one closer to truth in others.
Nova had always found her Mom's Zen philosophies hard to swallow, especially as a young girl, when she’d been more interested in reading whether a boy liked her enough to take her to the prom or trying to tap into her special abilities to get answers when she hadn't studied for a test. Her mother often told her not to lower herself and prostitute her gifts so, but Nova never really believed she had them to begin with.
Until coming to New York.
Since being in the city, especially since meeting Ransom and Zane, she was more aware of the human energy field, better able to see it without trying, to read it without knowing how. She was less willing to sell her gifts short, more able to appreciate them and believe in their existence. Nova hadn't truly believed in auras until now, when she was able to glance at the boy and see the bright layer of color surrounding his
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