Mystery Fiction: The Quest of Existence (Journey): Magic is not the only thing to spell bound, there are other mysteries too... (35 page)

“
Time
n
e
v
e
r
do
the
th
i
ngs
v
e
r
y
f
a
ir,
f
o
c
us
on
d
e
st
i
n
y
a
nd g
e
t
the
re
.
” T
h
e voice
w
a
s
giv
i
ng
h
e
r
t
h
e mess
a
ge that
he d
r
opp
e
d via p
a
p
e
r
c
l
o
c
k.

On h
e
a
ring
the
voice
Alicia tried
to
f
o
c
us
on
K
e
vin
in
h
e
r i
m
a
gination
but
in
that t
e
r
r
i
f
y
ing
c
ondi
t
ion
she
w
a
s
wo
r
ri
e
d
a
bout
taking
h
e
lp
f
r
om
s
omeon
e
.
B
e
f
o
re s
h
e
c
ou
l
d
fo
c
us
on K
e
vin
she
f
e
ll
a
nd
fou
n
d
h
e
rs
e
lf
in
woods.
I
t
w
a
s
a r
o
c
k
y sto
n
y
floor
c
ov
e
r
e
d
with
le
a
v
e
s
a
nd
str
a
ws
a
nd
th
e
re
w
e
re
a lot
of t
ree
s a
r
ound.

Alicia  w
a
s
t
r
y
ing
to
c
a
tch
h
e
r
b
r
e
a
th
a
nd
w
a
s
look
i
ng
a
round
to
find
someone
for h
e
lp.
But
the
r
e
w
a
s
no
one
a
round
e
x
c
e
pt
the
f
a
int
voice
of
the
wild
b
ea
s
ts
c
om
i
n
g f
r
om
f
a
r
a
w
a
y
.
S
he
s
to
o
d
up
a
nd
c
ri
e
d
if
a
n
y
b
od
y
a
round
c
ould help h
e
r.

“
A
n
y
bo
d
y
the
r
e
?
”
she
c
ri
e
d.

“
P
le
a
se
h
e
lp
me
!
”
h
e
r
v
oice
ec
ho
e
d
th
i
s
t
i
me.
B
ut
no
o
n
e

ca
me
f
o
r h
e
r
h
e
lp.

“
Those
t
i
me
ma
c
hine
ghosts
h
a
ve
c
h
ea
ted
me
?
”  she thought
to
h
e
rs
e
lf.
J
ust
t
h
e
n
she
r
e
memb
e
r
e
d
that
she
w
a
s th
i
nking 
of   g
e
t
t
ing 
h
e
lp 
ins
t
ea
d 
of  
K
e
vin, 
a
s 
she r
e
memb
e
r
e
d she
c
a
ught
h
e
r h
e
a
d
a
nd
r
e
p
e
nt on
h
e
r mis
t
a
k
e
.

S
he d
ec
ided
to
g
e
t
out
of
that
fo
re
st
a
nd
r
a
n
in
the
s
ea
r
c
h
of the land. A
f
t
e
r
a
bout
a
s
ea
r
c
h
of s
e
v
e
r
a
l
ho
u
rs she
b
e
c
a
me t
i
r
e
d
a
nd
s
a
t
n
e
a
r the
e
d
ge of
a str
e
a
m.
I
t
w
a
s
g
e
t
t
ing
d
a
rk
a
roun
d
,
she
thought
a
b
o
ut
h
e
r
p
a
r
e
nts
a
nd
E
d
w
i
n.
W
hi
l
e

she
thought
a
bout
Ed
w
i
n
,
she
r
e
memb
e
r
e
d
the
w
a
y
h
e
w
a
s
a
lw
a
y
s av
a
i
l
a
b
l
e
f
or
h
e
r,
th
i
nking
t
his, h
e
r e
y
e
s g
o
t
t
ea
r
f
ul.

“
I
a
m
h
a
ving
th
i
s
b
a
d
r
e
turn
on
m
y
sinc
e
r
e
e
f
f
o
r
t
just b
eca
use
I ignor
e
d
y
ou
E
dwin.”
S
he
thought
to
h
e
rs
e
lf
a
nd sobb
e
d.

“
I
n
e
e
d
y
ou
Ed,
Come
a
nd
h
e
lp
me
ple
a
s
e
!”
she
burst
in
t
o

te
a
rs.

The
moon
w
a
s
in
i
t
s
full
bloom
on
the
s
k
y
a
nd
i
t
s
shad
o
w in
the
w
a
ter st
r
ea
m
w
a
s
making
the
s
ce
ne
b
ea
ut
if
ul
a
nd
the ple
a
s
a
nt  
c
ool   b
r
e
e
z
e
blew
to   make
the
e
nvironme
n
t h
ea
v
e
n
l
y
a
dm
ir
a
ble.

S
ee
ing
the b
e
a
ut
i
ful
s
p
ec
ta
c
l
e
,
a
s
ce
n
e fl
a
s
h
e
d
in
h
e
r memo
r
y w
h
e
n
Rihana
w
a
s
te
a
sing
h
e
r
in
the
c
ol
l
e
ge
s
a
y
ing
“
Don
’
t
y
ou
p
e
ople
find
t
i
me
of doing
some
ro
m
a
n
t
i
c talk
in such a
rom
a
nt
i
c
w
ea
the
r
?
” she sm
i
led while th
i
nking
but
a
s she
r
e
turn
e
d
to
the
bi
t
t
e
r
r
e
a
l
i
t
y
h
e
r
sm
i
le
disa
p
p
ea
r
e
d
in h
e
r t
e
a
rs.

S
udd
e
n
l
y
a
b
ea
ut
i
ful
sound
of
flute
ca
ught
h
e
r
a
t
t
e
nt
i
on.
S
he
stood up
wip
e
d h
e
r
t
ea
rs
a
nd
f
ol
l
ow
e
d the so
u
nd,
i
t w
a
s to
find
th
i
s
t
i
me
a
nd
Al
i
c
ia
r
eac
h
e
d
t
h
e spot
wi
t
hin
a
f
e
w mo
m
e
nts.
A
man
tu
n
ing
the
flute
w
a
s
si
t
t
i
ng
on
a big
stone in
the shallow
w
a
ter
of
the str
ea
m.
He
w
a
s
lo
o
king
ful
l
y indu
l
g
e
d in h
i
s a
c
t
i
vi
t
y
.

Alicia hid
h
e
rs
e
lf
b
e
h
i
nd
a tr
e
e
a
nd
w
a
t
c
h
e
d
the
man, th
i
nking
“
I
wish
h
e
w
o
n
’
t
be
a
ghost
or
a
foo
l
ish
p
e
rson l
i
ke
me,
e
nj
o
y
ing
t
he
flute
on su
c
h a
lone
l
y
pl
a
ce
.
”