Strings of Light

Chapter 4

Riley's POV

Ross invited me into her house and made us some tea. We sat at the table together and sipped the tea silently. "So," she said finally,
"You were looking for....creatures in my woods?" I looked at her questioningly.
"Your woods?" I asked. She nodded her head yes and smiled. "Yes, it is my woods. My ancestors have owned this land for years-"
"Yeah, yeah, but I had no idea you were one of the ancestors!" I interrupted. I smirked, sat up tall in my chair and asked, "Is it up for sale by any chance?" She looked at me a little shocked. "No, and I don't plan on it being for sale for a while." She snapped. I slumped back down in my chair. Doom crawled up under my chair and rubbed up against my legs. I petted him and he licked his lips from the milk Ross had offered him. I sipped some more tea and stared into my cup. "So....what...um....just happened?" I ask. "Maybe we just imagined it."
She shakes her head. "No, it was too real, too sudden." She says. I look back down at my cup and stood up and walked over to the kitchen where I found  a small bowl of sugar.
"Well, I'm must go to the clinic tomorrow and see Dr. Houkligurde. I'll bring it up with him, but it won't do much good; he already thinks I'm crazy anyways." I say plopping three sugar cubes in my tea. She looks up at me amused.
"Oh, ok. Well, it would be more help than not knowing." She says. I nod my head yes.
"Well, I believe I must be going now. I can't stay in one place too long or they will find me....Bye!" I say. "Oh bye! I'll see you tomorrow?" She asks. "Yep!" I say as I walk out the door and take the tea to go. On the way out, I snatch up some nice little knic-knacks from her garden and put them into my bag.
Soon, this mysterious woods will be mine! I say in my head. I smile and walk off into the woods.