First Vision of Destiny
Alicia
By Kallysten
Smashwords Edition
Copyright © 2009 Kallysten
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The right of Kallysten to be identified as
the Author of the Work has been asserted by her in accordance with
the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
First Published July 2009
First Edition
All characters in this publication are purely
fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is
purely coincidental.
Edited by Mary S.
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First Vision of Destiny –
Alicia
With a deep sigh, Daisy took a last look at
her preparations. Everything appeared to be in place. She had set
out enough finger food on the dining room table to get the party
started, and she had more stacked in the fridge. Three bottles of
wine waited, uncorked; she had a suspicion that some of her friends
would need some liquid courage before they went through with it,
never mind that they had pestered her for months to set this up.
She couldn’t wait to see their faces when they heard about the
small print.
She trailed a finger along one of the two
bottles of champagne, drawing a line in the fine droplets of
condensation. The bottles would stay in the ice bucket until
midnight. It was New Year’s Eve, after all. Whatever else her
friends wanted, she intended to welcome the New Year properly—which
didn’t mean with excess. She had kept the decorations to a minimum.
They were all adults, and a few balloons, streamers and some red
and gold confetti on the table around the food were more than
enough.
“If they’re not happy, they can organize the
whole thing themselves, next time.”
Her voice sounded too loud in the empty
cottage, reverberating off the high ceiling. She winced. She had to
calm down a little before her guests started arriving, or she would
ruin the night for everyone.
It was her own fault for telling her friend
Alicia about Sam Woods. The self-proclaimed seer and Daisy’s older
sister had attended college together, becoming close friends over
the years before he had become famous. Daisy had thought he was a
charlatan from the first time her sister had explained what he did
exactly, and finally meeting him at the wedding he had supposedly
foretold hadn’t changed her mind.
Alicia had ignored Daisy’s reserves. Her eyes
had widened when Daisy had told her about him, and right away she
had asked about arranging for a séance. It had only become worse
when Alicia had told the rest of their friends, seeking support
when she couldn’t sway Daisy on her own.
Sighing again, Daisy went to the table and
picked a cheese-covered cracker from a plate. She munched on it
while helping herself to a glass of wine. The scent of berries rose
from the glass before she even brought it to her lips. She hadn’t
looked at the labels when raiding her father’s wine collection in
the basement, trusting him to have only flavorful bottles in stock.
He had known, when she had asked to use the cottage for a party,
that she would be helping herself to a few bottles, just like her
mother had known she would be using the china and glassware. Even
now that they were adults, that was the
Alicia
By Kallysten
Smashwords Edition
Copyright © 2009 Kallysten
All rights reserved. No part of this
publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or
transmitted, in any form or by any means mechanical, electronic,
photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written
consent of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form
of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and
without a similar condition being imposed on the subsequent
purchaser.
The right of Kallysten to be identified as
the Author of the Work has been asserted by her in accordance with
the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
First Published July 2009
First Edition
All characters in this publication are purely
fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is
purely coincidental.
Edited by Mary S.
This ebook is licensed for your personal
enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to
other people. If you would like to share this book with another
person, please purchase an additional copy for each person. If
you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not
purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com
and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work
of this author.
First Vision of Destiny –
Alicia
With a deep sigh, Daisy took a last look at
her preparations. Everything appeared to be in place. She had set
out enough finger food on the dining room table to get the party
started, and she had more stacked in the fridge. Three bottles of
wine waited, uncorked; she had a suspicion that some of her friends
would need some liquid courage before they went through with it,
never mind that they had pestered her for months to set this up.
She couldn’t wait to see their faces when they heard about the
small print.
She trailed a finger along one of the two
bottles of champagne, drawing a line in the fine droplets of
condensation. The bottles would stay in the ice bucket until
midnight. It was New Year’s Eve, after all. Whatever else her
friends wanted, she intended to welcome the New Year properly—which
didn’t mean with excess. She had kept the decorations to a minimum.
They were all adults, and a few balloons, streamers and some red
and gold confetti on the table around the food were more than
enough.
“If they’re not happy, they can organize the
whole thing themselves, next time.”
Her voice sounded too loud in the empty
cottage, reverberating off the high ceiling. She winced. She had to
calm down a little before her guests started arriving, or she would
ruin the night for everyone.
It was her own fault for telling her friend
Alicia about Sam Woods. The self-proclaimed seer and Daisy’s older
sister had attended college together, becoming close friends over
the years before he had become famous. Daisy had thought he was a
charlatan from the first time her sister had explained what he did
exactly, and finally meeting him at the wedding he had supposedly
foretold hadn’t changed her mind.
Alicia had ignored Daisy’s reserves. Her eyes
had widened when Daisy had told her about him, and right away she
had asked about arranging for a séance. It had only become worse
when Alicia had told the rest of their friends, seeking support
when she couldn’t sway Daisy on her own.
Sighing again, Daisy went to the table and
picked a cheese-covered cracker from a plate. She munched on it
while helping herself to a glass of wine. The scent of berries rose
from the glass before she even brought it to her lips. She hadn’t
looked at the labels when raiding her father’s wine collection in
the basement, trusting him to have only flavorful bottles in stock.
He had known, when she had asked to use the cottage for a party,
that she would be helping herself to a few bottles, just like her
mother had known she would be using the china and glassware. Even
now that they were adults, that was the
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