concentrate on anything at all.
Dom tried to help, to focus her energy on the magical working, but she found her mind was growing fuzzy as time passed. It didn’t take long for the two of them to enter into some kind of trance. They awoke in a field, everything was fuzzy around the edges here and details were impossible to determine.
Trees surrounded the clearing and there was a large flat stone in the center of the space. It was the same size as the tables that their bodies were laying on in the real world.
“Where are we?” Gregor asked, his eyes darting around and his head snapping in near panic.
“It’s hard to explain. You don’t know a lot about the worlds that exist around and within our own, do you?” Dom tried to control her smile. “You are in a trance, similar to a temporary controllable coma. This will allow Anna to do the work that she needs to do without our energy interfering. I’ve been able to come here by myself, but I didn’t know that it was possible to send other people here.” She walked over to a tree and examined a leaf. She touched it, felt the smooth top and rough underside in her hand. She focused on that. “We’ll be pulled out of here as soon as she’s finished. Be patient, we’re in a safe place right now until she’s done.”
“How long is it going to be?” Gregor paced around the clearing, his animal instincts made him feel caged in an unfamiliar situation.
“I don’t know. She does things differently than I do, and she is much more powerful. I can’t judge how long she will take.”
“Is she a witch, too?”
“I think so, but I think that she’s something else as well. Something in me doesn’t believe that she is just a human, or human at all for that matter.” She told him.
“I’ll believe that, she doesn’t have any scent.” He almost growled the words. “I don’t like it.”
“You don’t have to like it, but that’s who she is.”
He paced in silence for a while. “Can I leave the clearing?”
“That won’t be a problem, but be sure that you can find your way back, this is going to be the place we leave from.”
He didn’t leave the clearing; instead, he paced in silence for what seemed like hours. She stayed silent, examining leaves, stones, blades of grass and wildflowers. She seemed serene while she waited and he was fascinated by the peaceful attitude. It was the only thing that kept him from losing his mind in their magical confinement.
Some more time passed and then they were pulled out of the clearing. It was a sensation like flying, but it didn’t feel like a bird, more like a kite. They were being controlled, pulled by invisible strings back into their bodies. Gregor began to resist until he saw Dominique calmly allowing the invisible current to carry her away.
They opened their eyes at the same time, eyelashes fluttering on their cheeks, before the realization hit them. Anna was standing between them. “It looks like it should fade with time.” Her words were encouraging. “In time, the infatuation with each other will pass.”
They stood and stretched. Gregor walked out before Dom. Anna stopped Dom. “We need to talk.”
Dom closed the door. “Look, I’m really sorry about what happened.” She tried to apologize, but Anna cut her off with the wave of a hand.
“That’s not important. We have something else to talk about.” The boss touched Dom’s hand. “It’s important.” Dom lifted herself onto one of the pedestals and waited for the conversation to happen. Anna perched opposite of the younger woman. “I don’t know how to say this and I know that it’s going to be uncomfortable, but I need to know if you’ve slept with him yet.”
“Um, well, yes I did.” Her face flushed and Dom couldn’t meet Anna’s eye. “I shouldn’t have, but something came over me. I couldn’t help myself.” The witch knew that she was making excuses again, but didn’t know how else to respond to this line of