Free The Celestial Curse by Marie Cameron Page A

wasn’t in the best of moods and taking it out on you was the wrong thing to do, so I am sorry and I hope I haven’t caused any damage to our budding friendship?” I ask shyly looking at him through my lashes. He takes a step forward and places his hands gently on my arms.
    “There is nothing to be sorry for.” He says. “After all, it is in a woman’s nature to be jealous if a man she likes gets too much attention from other women.” He says with a smile and just before I playfully punch him in the arm, I realise he is messing with me and trying to lighten the mood, so I don’t punch him instead I laugh while thinking, if only he knew how true that comment was. Now that the rift has been healed between us we walk in together in a better, more positive way than we would have done five minutes earlier. Aunt Betsy just looks at us with a smile. 
    Choosing to ignore Caleb’s intended remark I walk up to Aunt Betsy and the woman she is currently speaking to. As they talk about the best crystals for a tarot card deck I look around in surprise. I don’t really know what I was expecting when Aunt Betsy told me about this place but I guess this part of the centre fits well with the idea of a normal shop. Everything from crystals, amulets and incense sticks like sage to post cards and trinkets.
    I look around the room and notice the beige cream walls, with relaxing pictures of all different sizes placed around the room and immediately feel how light and warm the energy of the room feels, even though there are no windows to let in natural light. It still kind of freaks me out a little bit when I get these feelings or impressions when I walk into a room, where the energy level is high enough for me to feel but no one else seems to. Caleb stands behind me so I move further into the room.
    As I do I feel drawn to something or even better I feel like I am being pushes in a certain direction and the feeling gets stronger until I move towards the pendants hanging near till. There are many pendants hanging side by side but only one stands out and I reach out and pick it up. As soon as I have the pendant in my hand immediately warms up and I feel a hand brush against my cheek. Feeling a sense of peace and calm I relax as I recognize this is my guide telling me what I need for my journey ahead. I allow myself to be pushes in the direction of the crystals and when I reach them I immediately pick up five different crystals, all ranging in colours and size. I make my way to a pile of sage and pick the smallest one before turning around and looking at Caleb. I am not actually sure why I am looking at Caleb but that is where I am being guided. Out of the corner of my eye I can see Aunt Betsy and the woman she was talking with stood watching me with bewildered expressions on their faces. I will explain to Aunt Betsy and Caleb later when we are on our way back to Aunt Betsy’s but for now I keep it to myself. I walk towards Caleb and watch his eyes widen. I am still confused as to what he has to do with anything in the shop but I do not question, I just follow the guidance given to me. I stop in front of him and frown. I am still being pushed to walk forward as if through Caleb, then I realize it isn’t Caleb I am being drawn to but whatever is behind him. I gently push him to one side and sure enough, the back wall is filled with books. I walk up to the shelf and look through at the books sitting there. None of these books feel right so I rummage through them until I spot an older book bound in black, sat towards the back with other, newer books piled on top. I dig it out from underneath the others and hold it up. The sensation of being pushed vanishes as quickly as it came and again the hand softly caressing my cheek as a mother would fades slowly until I am left without the feeling of a presence guiding me anymore.
    I turn around with my hands full of things I guess I will be buying.
    “I guess you found what we came for Amber?”