LILLIAN POVMy head was pounding the next morning. I fumbled with my medical bag as I rushed out the front door. Salome was already on the passenger seat, sipping from a large travel mug.“You look terrible,” she said, softly.I feel terrible,” I mumbled, with my hands on my temple. Then I took a step towards the car.And Then I froze.A sudden, intense feeling swept over me. A sight prickle at the back of my neck, and a heavy weight on my chest. My heart beat furiously as the hair on my arms stood up.I was being watched.I stopped on the driveway, and turned slowly. My eyes scanned the manicured garden, the empty porch and finally, the dense tree line at the edge of the property. The morning mist hung between the dark pines.“Lillian?” Salome called from the car. “You getting in or are you planning to walk?”I could not answer. The feeling was too strong. It was a deep, magnetic pull, an awareness that crackled in the air. Inside me, Nyla stirred, not with alarm, but with a sudden,
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