was just…”
“Working up your courage?” he asked.
We hadn’t been dating for very long, but Ceff knew me well. He was one of the few people I trusted enough to let my guard down with. I enjoyed being able to just be myself around Ceff. I smiled and gestured to the couch.
I sat at one end of the couch and turned on the table lamp. I knew that Ceff’s eyes could see well enough in the dark, and my night vision was rapidly improving as my wisp abilities matured, but the darkness seemed too intimate. I sighed, folding my gloved hands in my lap, and perched on the edge of the couch. Jinx was right. I had issues.
“I have something for you,” Ceff said.
He pulled a small, beribboned box from his pocket and set it on the couch between us. My Christmas present? But it wasn’t Christmas yet.
I hesitated, hand shaking, as I leaned toward the package. Gifts made me nervous and the tiny box before me was no exception. But I didn’t want to hurt Ceff’s feelings. He looked so eager. I took a steadying breath and reached for the box.
I pulled the ribbon away and lifted the lid with the tips of my gloves. A seaweed covered item rested inside. Please say that wasn’t jewelry, or a hat. Jinx would laugh for a week if she saw me wearing seaweed. Ceff cleared his throat and smiled.
“This was a boon from the selkie queen, the payment for my recent services to aid in the negotiations with her people,” he said. Ceff’s voice trickled over me like water, but I forced myself to pay attention to his words. “It grants the recipient one night without visions. She claimed that it was crafted with powerful magic at the request of a clairvoyant. How it came under the selkie queen’s possession, I do not know.”
Wait, a night without visions? But that meant…
“I could touch you,” I said, a blush rising to burn my cheeks.
“Yes, but it is up to you how you wish to use it,” he said.
He was saying that I didn’t have to use the item to touch him, but Ceff looked pleased. I looked around the empty room. Jinx was at the party and would be dancing with Hans until dawn. I smiled a wicked grin, feeling giddy with excitement. Ceff had given me the best gift ever.
I reached for the magic seaweed and turned off the lamp.
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Spirit Guide
Young Adult Series
She Smells the Dead
Spirit Storm
Legend of Witchtrot Road
Brush with Death
Ivy Granger
Urban Fantasy Series
Shadow Sight
Blood and Mistletoe
Dark Poetry Collections
From the Shadows
Shadows of Myth and Legend
The Spirit Guide Series
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"This series is like Nancy Drew meets the Winchester Brothers from Supernatural."
-I'd So Rather Be Reading
Spirit Storm
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"Part mystery, part adventure, part romance and all the things a reader wants."
-Read For Your Future
Legend of Witchtrot Road
Surviving agitated ghosts, irritated witches, angry werewolves, and the horrors of high school has never been so hard.
"I didn't think it possible to fall even more in love with this series (and the characters, oh the amazingly swoon-worthy male characters and the super snarky female characters), but after having read this book, the third installment of this series, I found that it is indeed possible."
-Avery's Book Nook
Brush with Death
Samhain was scary, but graduation is downright terrifying.
The Pirate Curse
When Yuki starts smelling salt brine and seaweed, she finds her summer vacation hijacked by pirates...the DEAD kind.
Will the ghost of Black Sam Bellamy, Prince of Pirates, lead Yuki and her friends to treasure or terror?
(Coming 2013)
The Ivy Ganger Series
Shadow Sight
Welcome to Harborsmouth, where monsters walk the streets unseen by humans...except those
“Working up your courage?” he asked.
We hadn’t been dating for very long, but Ceff knew me well. He was one of the few people I trusted enough to let my guard down with. I enjoyed being able to just be myself around Ceff. I smiled and gestured to the couch.
I sat at one end of the couch and turned on the table lamp. I knew that Ceff’s eyes could see well enough in the dark, and my night vision was rapidly improving as my wisp abilities matured, but the darkness seemed too intimate. I sighed, folding my gloved hands in my lap, and perched on the edge of the couch. Jinx was right. I had issues.
“I have something for you,” Ceff said.
He pulled a small, beribboned box from his pocket and set it on the couch between us. My Christmas present? But it wasn’t Christmas yet.
I hesitated, hand shaking, as I leaned toward the package. Gifts made me nervous and the tiny box before me was no exception. But I didn’t want to hurt Ceff’s feelings. He looked so eager. I took a steadying breath and reached for the box.
I pulled the ribbon away and lifted the lid with the tips of my gloves. A seaweed covered item rested inside. Please say that wasn’t jewelry, or a hat. Jinx would laugh for a week if she saw me wearing seaweed. Ceff cleared his throat and smiled.
“This was a boon from the selkie queen, the payment for my recent services to aid in the negotiations with her people,” he said. Ceff’s voice trickled over me like water, but I forced myself to pay attention to his words. “It grants the recipient one night without visions. She claimed that it was crafted with powerful magic at the request of a clairvoyant. How it came under the selkie queen’s possession, I do not know.”
Wait, a night without visions? But that meant…
“I could touch you,” I said, a blush rising to burn my cheeks.
“Yes, but it is up to you how you wish to use it,” he said.
He was saying that I didn’t have to use the item to touch him, but Ceff looked pleased. I looked around the empty room. Jinx was at the party and would be dancing with Hans until dawn. I smiled a wicked grin, feeling giddy with excitement. Ceff had given me the best gift ever.
I reached for the magic seaweed and turned off the lamp.
###
Also by E.J. Stevens
Spirit Guide
Young Adult Series
She Smells the Dead
Spirit Storm
Legend of Witchtrot Road
Brush with Death
Ivy Granger
Urban Fantasy Series
Shadow Sight
Blood and Mistletoe
Dark Poetry Collections
From the Shadows
Shadows of Myth and Legend
The Spirit Guide Series
She Smells the Dead
Yuki has a secret…she smells the dead.
"This series is like Nancy Drew meets the Winchester Brothers from Supernatural."
-I'd So Rather Be Reading
Spirit Storm
Spirits of the Dead are coming...
"Part mystery, part adventure, part romance and all the things a reader wants."
-Read For Your Future
Legend of Witchtrot Road
Surviving agitated ghosts, irritated witches, angry werewolves, and the horrors of high school has never been so hard.
"I didn't think it possible to fall even more in love with this series (and the characters, oh the amazingly swoon-worthy male characters and the super snarky female characters), but after having read this book, the third installment of this series, I found that it is indeed possible."
-Avery's Book Nook
Brush with Death
Samhain was scary, but graduation is downright terrifying.
The Pirate Curse
When Yuki starts smelling salt brine and seaweed, she finds her summer vacation hijacked by pirates...the DEAD kind.
Will the ghost of Black Sam Bellamy, Prince of Pirates, lead Yuki and her friends to treasure or terror?
(Coming 2013)
The Ivy Ganger Series
Shadow Sight
Welcome to Harborsmouth, where monsters walk the streets unseen by humans...except those
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