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Chapter 39
Aster:
“Give me your hands,” Rowan said.
“Why?” Aster asked suspiciously.
“Don’t fret. I’m going to use my gift – it’s faster that way.”
Aster didn’t move, she still didn’t trust Rowan. “What gift?”
“I can show you the past. Come on, I won’t hurt you,” he said and held his hands out towards her.
Still hesitant, Aster placed her hands in Rowan’s. She gasped and her back arched so violently her feet lifted into the air. It felt like she was being pulled through a very narrow, dark tube, and for a moment she couldn’t breathe. Just when she thought she’d pass out, the tube released her and she landed next to Rowan in a different world.
She looked up at the most breath-taking heavenly display she had ever seen. The milky way on show in all its glory. “Wow,” she said, “I’ve never seen so many stars.”
Rowan looked up. “Yes. I forgot how beautiful it was before we had so much artificial light. Look,” he said,
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