Midnight by the corner, less than an hour away, and Anna is yet to respond to any of Nalla’s chants or recitations.
Nalla moved her body and hands to the rhythms of her chants while allowing her long grey hair to dance in the air, swaying left and right against her back. She danced, moving her body like she would do when trying to tame a sea wave. Perspiration prickled her skin and soon they formed sweat buds and rolled down her skin. Nalla's eyes were closed while she danced and chanted and moved her body about the place. Although her eyes were closed, Nalla moved like someone who still had a clear vision of her surroundings, her eyes closed, she saw the physical and the spiritual.
Like wildfires, the rumor about Nalla’s attempt to bring back Anna generated and it spread through the co
