My Hockey Alpha
I swallowed and reached out, running my fingers along the soft leather.
The book just sat there, silent, like any normal book. There was no glow, no tingle, no sense of magic now that the moon had slipped below the horizon in the wake of dawn.
And yet, I couldn’t help but flinch back as I touched it.
No. This ritual was dark magic, and it was not to be trifled with. I had no desire to bind a spirit, even my dead twin sister’s spirit, to my unborn child. I didn’t know the consequences, or whether the baby that would be born would even really be mine anymore.