Maya was at the dining room table eating a late dinner with Chase and Candy while Brandlee slept. Candy laughed, “Oh girl! You have had bad luck today. Did you pin the crystals inside your shirt?” Maya turned her collar out to show the broach Destiny had given her. “Goddess, yes, I wasn’t taking any more chances today.” Chase shook his head and started to say something, but Maya couldn’t hear him over the sudden, painful tightness that knocked all the air out of her chest. She dropped her fork onto her plate and grabbed at her chest with her back hunched over.
Chase and Candy both jumped up and pulled her back from the table. “Maya, what’s wrong,” Chase asked as Candy looked her over as if she was injured. “Josh,” she forced out his name with the last breath she had in her lungs. She dre
