Free Chosen Darkness (Chosen Series) by Fawn Atondo Page B

through her body.
    “How do you know this?”
    “I’m a ghost. I see everything. She found out a few weeks ago, dipping an object in the tide pool on a full moon and then placing that object on your body will keep you in human form, but she doesn’t want to break her promise to Alex about keeping you safe as a dog.”
    Falyn felt goose bumps prickle on her skin. At first she was mad. How dare Break keep something like this from her? But after she thought it through a moment, she knew the real person she should be mad at was Alex. He was the one who’d left her here, stuck like this! Then immediately she felt horrible for even thinking such a thing. Alex was doing all he could to help her, Falyn knew that.
    With a heavy sigh, Falyn turned to address her grandfather. But he was no longer there.
    The moon was still up, so maybe the tide pool still held some of the magic? Only one way to find out , she told herself as she moved to the rocks. She followed the twist of tunnels until she arrived at the secret pool under Break’s house.
    Falyn looked around for some kind of object she could keep on her at all times without too much hassle. Among some of the items by the tide pool was a silver cuff bracelet, one of the trinkets Break had collected from the sea shore. There were other items but nothing that would be as easy as the cuff to keep on her person at all times.
    Dipping the cuff into the water, she then placed it on her wrist. There now; all she could do was wait and hope the bracelet kept her human. If it did work, then she would have to figure out how to get to Stonehenge where the Gate between worlds waited. She had money in her house in Portland but getting to it was a risk she was not willing to take. If the Shadow pack had found her there once already, they could be waiting there for her again. So really, without Break’s help, she had no funds for a plane ticket.
    Falyn headed back up to the house, being sure to use the tunnels back to the beach as she did not want Break to guess what she had been up to. The sleeves of her white dress where long enough to cover the small silver cuff with ease.
    Her next move would have to be seeking knowledge from Break about moving between places. She knew many Immortals among the mystic world could teleport from one place to another. Maybe Break had such magic. The trick would be getting that out of her without telling her why. Or maybe she should be so bold as to tell her what she wanted? If Break had no idea about the object on her wrist, surely she would have no reason to worry about telling her what she asked. It was worth a shot; she had little to lose at this point.
    With a deep breath to bring her heartbeat to a normal pace, Falyn headed into the house. Break was reading in a chair. She looked up with a warm smile as Falyn came in.
    “Have a nice walk?” Break asked.
    “Yes, it cleared my head,” Falyn replied.
    “You seem in a better mood.” Break put her book down. “Would you like something to drink?”
    “Yes please!” Falyn called.
    Break went into the kitchen.
    “I wish you and I had more time like this to talk,” Break said as she went about boiling water for tea.
    “That would be nice,” Falyn agreed.
    Okay . Falyn knew it was now or never. Either she asked Break or she came up with another plan.
    “Break, if I were to become human for good, by some crazy chance, how would I make it to the Gate in the quickest time?” Falyn hoped she hadn’t just blown it!
    Break peeked her head into the living room, a puzzled look in her sea green eyes.
    “Why do you ask?”
    “If Alex doesn’t find a cure for me, or if he can’t get back through, I will have to go get him sooner or later. I’ll need to start looking for a cure here in this world, because I am not going to spend a lifetime trapped as a dog!” Falyn barely kept control of her voice.
    Break came and sat next to her, putting one slim arm around her shoulders.
    “I understand you can’t wait