Chapter Seven
“Marina,” Geoff said, pulling her out of the trance.
Marina turned to look at her brother. “Yes?” she asked.
“Do you...? Do you think he might be the one Isha said Mother talked about?” Geoff asked.
“I don’t know… but, I hope so,” she said, turning back to her brother. “Can you see if we have any food left in the bag? I’ll place the healing stones around Erin.”
“We have a little. I can make soup. That will make it stretch enough for all of us and be good for Erin,” Geoff said.
Marina nodded, kneeling by her sister again. “Hurry before the fire sticks go out,” she said.
Neither spoke as they worked. Geoff worked on making soup from the dried ingredients they had, and she focused on placing the healing stones on Erin. She had to reassure Charlie that she wasn’t hurting h
