Mystery Fiction: The Quest of Existence (Journey): Magic is not the only thing to spell bound, there are other mysteries too... (39 page)

“
A
r
e
y
ou s
u
r
e
?
”
she
a
sk
e
d for
c
onfi
r
m
a
t
i
on.

“
I
’ve
a
n
e
x
p
e
ri
e
n
c
e
of
f
o
ur
hund
re
d
y
e
a
rs.”
h
e
b
o
osted o
f
f.
“
O
y
ea
h
!”
she
c
hu
c
kled
a
t her
re
p
l
y
.

“
You  s
a
id
y
o
u
r 
a
p
p
ea
r
a
n
c
e
c
h
a
n
g
e
s
soon
a
nd
that
y
ou
c
ould
not
w
a
lk.
But
y
o
u
did
a
ll
a
g
a
inst
i
t
.”
S
he
a
sked
him
a
ft
e
r
a
mo
m
e
nt.

“
Hmm
m
…
I kn
e
w
y
ou’
l
l
not
i
c
e
i
t
.”
He
s
a
w
h
e
r
f
a
c
e
then
c
ont
i
nu
e
d.
“
A
c
tual
l
y 
w
h
e
n
a
p
e
rson
e
nt
e
rs
t
h
e
Migh
t
y Time
Bridg
e
,
the
pla
c
e
y
ou’ve b
ee
n
a
t
b
e
f
o
re re
a
c
hing
h
e
re g
e
ts
some pow
e
r ov
e
r t
i
me
a
nd
a l
a
y
man will
t
a
ke it
some magi
ca
l
spel
l
,
but
i
t’s
a
l
l
a
bout
t
i
me
shuf
f
l
i
ng.” He
took
a p
a
use
then
c
ont
i
nu
e
d.
“
You
know
t
h
e
human
b
o
d
y
e
m
i
t
s
ce
rt
a
in
r
a
y
s
that  h
a
ve
some 
e
f
fec
ts
on  othe
r
s.
You 
a
re
y
o
ung
a
nd
l
i
ving
the
h
e
a
l
t
h
y l
i
fe
span,
the
r
a
y
s
f
r
om
y
o
u
r bo
d
y
h
a
ve
gi
v
e
n
me
st
r
e
ngth.
F
u
r
ther
t
h
e
s
p
ee
d
of
t
i
me
a
t
y
o
ur
pla
c
e
is
slow
a
nd
y
o
ur
bo
d
y
fun
c
t
i
ons
ac
c
o
r
ding
l
y
.
S
o,
y
our
r
a
y
s
h
a
ve
c
a
sted
a
h
ea
l
t
h
y
e
f
f
ec
t
on
me
for
a longer
t
i
me.”
He
s
a
id.

“
Oh,
I
got
i
t now.”
S
he
n
odd
e
d, f
e
e
l
i
ng str
a
n
g
e
.
“
M
a
y
I
a
sk
y
ou
for
som
e
th
i
n
g
?
”
she
a
sked.
“
S
u
re
!”
h
e s
a
id.

“
C
a
n 
y
ou   ple
a
s
e
h
e
lp 
me
me
e
t
i
ng   K
e
l
l
y
’s 
husb
a
nd, K
e
vin
?
”
she
a
sked
with hesit
a
t
i
on.

“
W
e
l
l
,
I
’ve
to
l
d
y
ou
a
b
out
the
c
onse
q
u
e
n
ce
s.
I
t
will
be a g
rea
t risk for
y
o
u.”
H
e
s
a
id.

“
I
a
m 
re
a
d
y
to 
p
a
y   for 
i
t
.” 
S
he 
show
e
d 
h
e
r 
mad

d
e
te
r
m
i
n
a
t
i
on.

“
I
will
sugg
e
st
y
ou
to
t
hink
w
e
ll
a
bout
i
t
.
You
m
a
y
lo
s
e
y
o
ur
p
a
r
e
nts,
f
r
iends
a
nd
a
ll
other 
r
e
lations.
Th
e
y
’
ll
be
a
l
i
ve but
y
ou
won
’
t
b
e
h
a
ving
a
c
ce
ss
to
them.
T
h
is
f
e
e
l
i
ng will
ki
l
l
y
ou but
y
ou wo
n
’t di
e
.”
He
tr
i
e
d to conv
i
n
c
e
h
e
r.

“
You
ca
n
’t
w
e
a
k
e
n
m
y
d
e
te
r
m
i
n
a
t
i
on
b
e
c
a
use
I
d
on’t
w
a
nt to
hurt
m
y
r
e
lations
the
w
a
y
I
’m
doing
these
d
a
y
s.
T
h
e
y
ca
n
n
e
i
t
h
e
r
s
e
e
m
e
h
a
vi
n
g
fix
e
s
n
o
r
c
a
n
th
e
y k
ee
p
me
a
w
a
y f
r
om
t
he
spell of
Ke
vin
.
”
S
he
said.

“
Ok
a
y
,
I
’ll
give
y
ou
so
m
e
t
i
me
d
e
vic
e
s
whi
c
h
wi
l
l
h
e
lp
y
ou

in
y
our jou
r
n
e
y
.”
H
e
sur
r
e
nd
e
r
e
d.

“
Time d
e
vic
e
s
?
” Alicia
a
sked.

“
Y
ea
h,
I
sto
l
e
some
of
them
f
r
om
the
t
i
me
station
a
s
a
l
i
t
t
le r
e
v
e
nge
for
g
e
t
t
ing pun
i
s
h
e
d.”
He
to
l
d h
e
r.

“
P
le
a
se
sit
n
ea
r
me
so
that
y
our
r
a
y
s
ca
n
a
d
h
e
re to
me, h
e
lp
i
ng
me w
a
lk
with
y
o
u.
Oth
e
r
w
ise
y
ou
m
i
ght
be finding me h
e
re
a
nd the
r
e
.”
H
e
c
hu
c
kled.

Alicia
sat b
e
side him.

“
H
e
y
!
Your
r
a
y
s
a
r
e
w
ea
k
e
r
now,
y
ou
n
e
e
d to
e
a
t something.”
He
pro
p
ose
d
.