Zoe thought it was important that we work where we wouldn't be disturbed, so I followed her back downstairs and into a large room lined with bookshelves. I sank down into the armchair she indicated.
“I have the crystals." She reached under the table and pulled out a box. “I don't know how much help they'll be, but it won't hurt to have them here." She arranged the boxy lime-green rocks on one side of the mahogany table and then added a few glossy jet-black orbs between them.
“Rhodizite and black tourmaline? Interesting."
“From what I've read, they're the most effective."
The door opened and Cathryn joined us, shutting it behind her with a soft click.
“Are we ready, ladies?"
“Just about." Zoe looked at the crystal arrangement with narrowed eyes and then moved one of the rhodizites hal
