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She made it back to the bungalow just before the storm broke. Big hailstorms plummeted from the sky as she fumbled with the key in the lock. A couple of them stung the back of her neck as the door finally gave way.
Back in her room, she stared out of the window, mesmerized by the way the marble-sized ice pellets smashed into the driveway, each impact throwing up a tiny plume of dust. The sky had darkened to the blue-red hue of a fresh bruise. Adi shivered and cuddled under the warm blanket Honi had brought her when she’d complained about the cold last night.
She closed her eyes and stilled her mind. Time to travel again. After so many trips to the spirit world, she was amazed at the speed with which she passed the barrier between the human and faerie world. Normally, it took a bit of
