I KNOCKED BEFORE ENTERING—THOUGH why, when at the door to my room, I didn’t know.
Jess sat on ‘our’ bed, her suitcase open and items sprawled across the duvet in front of her. She smiled as her eyes connected with mine. “Can’t sleep?”
I shook my head, nudging a velvet drawstring bag aside to make room to sit.
“You should try camomile tea. It’d relax you.”
I poked at the bag I’d moved, creating small clacking noises. Loosening the neck revealed a handful of stones, and I dug in and pulled out a rugged amethyst. “I’ve always liked these.”
“Me, too,” she said.
The icy air of the room seemed to have vanished since my last venture in there almost a week before. Perhaps Jess’s claim to the space made the difference.
“What are we going to do, Jess, if we don’t find them?”
“I’ve actually j
