DARK HUMAN

Chapter Twenty-One

With them sitting in the idling car for a couple of minutes they look out the front windshield, and they watch the witches walk around and talk to one another, and Ivory asks, "Are you ready?"

"Yeah! I'm ready," Luna says, as Ivory turns off the car, and Luna opens the passenger side door. As they walk around the festival, they stop at a tent, and Ivory picks up a tiger eye necklace, as they talk to the vendor. With Luna smelling smoke in the air, she puts her nose up in the air, and takes a couple of sniffs, and then says to Ivory, "I'll be right back. I smell a bonfire."

"Alright, Luna," Ivory says, as she looks at the necklace.

Walking out of the tent, she sees the fire at the other end of the festival, and with the flames becoming bigger and brighter, she then walks back in the tent to get Ivory, while the recent dream of the witch burning comes to mind. With her standing next to her, Luna looks over at her, and says, "A bonfire is at the other end of the festival. Let's head over there!"

"Sounds good! I'm buying this necklace first though," Ivory says, as she shows Luna the necklace. Handing the vendor the money, she puts on the necklace, and then they walk out of the tent. As they walk through the crowd, Ivory then says, "Look! We're almost there."

As they get close to the bonfire, Luna senses Geo, and she abruptly stops in the middle of the crowd. Looking into the large crowd, she says, "Ivory. Wait! Stop! Geo's here! I can sense him!"

"Where?" she asks, as she stops walking, and looks into the crowd. Seeing him talking to a couple of people, she points over to him, and says to Luna, "Luna. You're right. He's over there."

"Geo!" she yells, as she pushes her way through the crowd, and walks towards him. As she gets closer to him, she smiles, and yells, "Hey Geo!"

"Luna! I'll be right there. Meet me over at the bonfire!"

"Okay," Luna yells, as she walks back to Ivory.

As Luna and Ivory walk to the bonfire, Ivory says, "Did you know he was going to be here?"

"No. I had no clue. Good call on the necklace though," Luna says, as they get to the fire. As they stand in front of it with the heat hitting their body, Ivory watches the crowd, and Luna then says, "Ivory, don't you have something to do. You should give Geo and I some alone time."

"Fine. I get the hint," Ivory says, as she softly chuckles and rolls her eyes. Pointing into the crowd, she then says, "Look! He's almost here."

As he walks up to them, he stands next to Luna, and puts both palms of his hands up to the flames, and says, "Hey Luna! Hey Ivory! It's nice to see you both!" And with him looking at the people around the fire, he then looks over at Luna, and then asks, "Are you heightening your senses?"

"Yeah! Why not? What could it hurt! I've decided to take Laura and Victoria's advice," she says, as she looks at him with a smile.

"Hey Geo," Ivory says, as she looks around into the crowd.

"How are you, Ivory? It's nice to see you again."

"I'm good," Ivory says, as she looks around and into the crowd. Beginning to feel awkward, she then says, "Hey guys! I'm going to walk around and talk to the other witches. I'll see you guys in a little bit."

"Okay. I'll find you or give you a call when I'm ready," Luna says to Ivory.

Watching her walk away, she then takes a quick glance into the crowd, and then looks over at Geo. With her energy becoming heightened, and her body becoming tight, she senses that Isla just posted on the media, and she asks, "How have you been?"

"I've been good!" he says, as she pulls out her phone, and opening the social media, and goes to her page. Seeing a new post, she breaks out in a sweat, and her lips curl with disgust, and she stares at the people who are standing at the bonfire, and she then says, "Isla just posted on the media."

"Let's go for a walk," he says, as she closes the media, and he grabs her hand. As they walk away from the bonfire, and to an empty metal bench, he then says, "Let's sit here.

As they sit down, she says, "Is Isla a witch, Geo?"

"Yeah! She's a witch," he says, as he stares into the crowd with his demeanor changing. With his energy then slowly drifting into hers, she senses the change, and waits for him to say something else. Sensing that something is coming, he then says, "Just ignore her."

As she looks at him, and he looks back at her, his energy becomes heavy, and he moves his lips up to his ear lobes. With all his teeth showing, his eyes then become a blank stare, and she asks, "What are you doing?"

"Don't be alarmed. It's ok," he says, as his eyes come back to life, while his mouth goes back to normal.

"What the f*ck was that? Why would you show me that?" she asks, as he massages his cheeks.

"I'm not sure why? Something told me to," he says, as he shrugs his shoulders, and looks out into the crowd. With Ivory walking towards them, Luna points out into the crowd, and says, "Look! There's Ivory. She's coming our way."

Sensing tension as she walks up to them, she says, "Hey guys! You just missed a great act!" Looking at Luna and then at Geo, she then says to Luna, "Are you ready? Don't you have to work in the morning?"

"Yeah! I'm ready! Thanks for the reminder," Luna sarcastically says.

As Geo looks at both women, he taps Luna's knee a couple of times, and then stands up, and says, "I'll see you ladies, later. I'm sure we'll run into each other again."

"Likewise! It was great seeing you too. We'll see each other again. I'm sure of it," Luna says.

Watching him walk away, Ivory then sits down on the bench, while Luna stares into the crowd. Replaying what Geo just did, Ivory stares at her with curiosity, and she nudges her with her shoulder, and says, "Luna! Earth to Luna. Why are you staring into space?"

Raising her eyebrows, she looks at Ivory, and whispers, "You know what Geo just did? I'll tell you what he did. He shifted his face to the jackal that's on the wall by the clock at work. And when he did it, he had a blank stare. He was so emotionless, Ivory!"

"What? What did he do that for? Is he cuckoo?"

"I'm not sure why he did it, but he did. He also said that something told him to do it," Luna says, as she stands up, and grabs Ivory's hand. Pulling her up from the bench, she then says, "Come on! Let's go home. Will talk about this later."

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Jamie Sweet

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