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Dottie shook the cup, then poured the stones out onto the tray table

Glowing scarabs scurried across theclicking noises When they settled into place and becaroup to the left, while on the right, two scarabs stood alone: a bright blue-green one mounted atop the sole red stone--the death stone

Dottie looked at me and smiled "That"--she pointed at the two stones--"is life from death Itto a close, and you’re experiencing a whole new beginning You can plan on there being a lot of changes in the near future"

She extended the cup I took it and repeated the process to fill it This tihts shone from the lapis stones until Dottie eain the scarabs skittered around, this tiroups on either side of the death stone Each group had four scarabs, one at each co outward

Dottie stared at the scarabs, her expression confused When she looked at me, her eyes ide I could tell she was upset "I … I’m not sure what this means There’s a conflict, life and death But other than that--"

"It’s okay, Dottie Really" I reached out to pat her hand

"But you need to know! That’s why I’ if I can’t translate it for you?"

"Maybe it’s one of those things that will ested

"If it were a reading for the future, that would make sense," she said "But this is the present" She shook her head, lips pursed in an expression of annoyance Still, after a moment she held out the cup and we prepared for the third throw

The power built again, this ti s The roolowing ceraic The cup glittered as if it contained a rainbow

Dottie spilled the scarabs a third time As she did, her eyes rolled back in her head and her voice changed, becoyptian deity I’d encountered not so long ago: Isis, whose ical collar had been ry for power

That voice rang through the room, clear and pure as the tone of a bell "Spare the pawn, save the girl Save the girl, thwart the eneuidance, I was doomed to be disappointed

"Spare the pawn," the voice ordered, and Dottie collapsed across the bed

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Bruno arrived as the doctors were checking Dottie out She was fine, she insisted The doctors agreed, but they made her eat some carbs and protein and told her that she needed to take it easy and not use herherself She didn’t argue, which was proof enough that she had exhausted herself Fred proht to bed

"I take it I ?" The lilt in Bruno’s voice e of the bed next toparticularly yummy in black jeans, a black dress shirt, and black leather boots, all of which suited his dark hair and eyes

"Dottie did a reading for me"

"And pushed herself too hard," he said, without the question this tiroo Don’t blame yourself"

That was so ue There really wasn’t any point I just shookto where the little redheaded nurse, in her pale blue scrubs, aiting with a wheelchair<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>