LOVE IN THE DARK CHARMED LOVE

nge, creating the illusion that the landscape was on fire. The view was spect

on to the beauty of the setting sun, or the fading sound of Caleb's bike as he sped across the va

drawn to the

s. There was nothing especially different about this Hogan. It was th

ent anyway, except that they

and not a

knew the answer. There was nothing the w

, with the exception of a small fire burning beneath the crude chimney. Donny was resting on a

Old Man was the only name she knew him by. She'd seen him only one a couple of times. The first was when she was a child, and then when

shook with fever. Kneeling beside him, Lupa pl

he could think about was

wasn't corp

e wrong with Uncle Donny - some

ous time by assuming the Shapec

im to a hospital," she said, lookin

protection of the spirits ... he will die.

osed he

she wanted to bring him back into the world of white sanitized hospitals and do

k to singing his hea

the Creator for her uncle, as well as the

ere those

ontrolled them, or was she the real enemy of the

er being drawn together like magnet a

roy him, but it hadn't worked. She and Caleb had fallen

akes, but one whose heart was held by the ene

rive him over the edge. He would walk awa

hat's what

r sure he would d

e manner, Caleb and the Sinapu had displayed a dark

no matter what happened to

. Time and distance had done little to ease her grief. The

ee existence she'd known before comin

nd to call her every night. They would spend countless hours on the p

ould take on a life of their own. She could almost smell her mother cooking breakfast and hear her stepfather cu

ack, but she would not have to deal with the pain of loving someone she cou

female voice ca

the voice had come from beyond the wool blanket separa

Lupa sat up and looked

as g

ow that she thought about it, she realiz

paa

, Lupa s

e outside c