Chapter Six
DESTINY NEEDED TO buy herself some time until she could figure out how to defeat Morava. She had no idea how to protect her nephew, or why a Sandman would want to harm him, but she knew where to go for help. In St. Augustine, if you wanted an answer to the mystical, you went to Cyrena Shadowsoul, a shaman on the outskirts of town.
Standing outside Cyrena’s shop, Destiny noticed the mortar and pestle on the wooden sign next to the words Nature’s Herbs. She hadn’t been inside the store since she first approached the shaman about dream walking and wasn’t exactly sure how upset Cyrena would be that she just disappeared. Still, if Destiny wanted help, this is where she had to get it. With a deep breath, she pushed her way into the herbalist’s shop.
As she crossed the threshold, a
