Month: May 2026

The Bell, Book & Candle Sequel If seagulls could talk

If seagulls could talk

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Above, seagulls skimmed the water’s edge. One rogue gull broke away, landing on a bin and staring at us.

Palemoon smiled. “Soleil loved these birds. She called them thrilling, ferocious, but somehow cavalier.”

I nodded, remembering Soleil’s diary. Her last entry spoke of a gull perched on her car’s hood in the Shallow Woods parking lot, just before she left for Palomino and vanished.

Olivia wiped her eyes with her sleeve. “If only seagulls could talk…”

“Do you know the legend of the Palomino horses?” Palemoon asked after a heavy silence.

A smile broke through Olivia’s tears. “Do you think Soleil was brought to safety on the back of a magic horse?”

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Sunrise Escape A cosmic reckoning

A cosmic reckoning (Luz and Leon)

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Calle Obispo, Havana, August 16th, 1998

Electric currents surged up her spine, rising from her lower back to her head, bursting behind her eyes. Her husband sat right in front of her, eyes cold and wild, dripping with contemptuous arrogance.

Between them, the glass table held only an ashtray overflowing with cigarettes, burgundy lipstick smears stark against white porcelain. A chessboard would’ve made sense—but there wasn’t one. They were playing a different game.

“This staring contest is childish,” Leon said. 

Luz raised an eyebrow as he kept his eyes open for minutes. Wiping sweat from her carefully made-up face, she fished the last cigarette from her bag and moved to the balcony.

The humid air was thick with the scent of weathered houses lining Calle Obispo. She bent over, watching shop owners lounging on benches outside cafes, jewelry stores, and clothing stalls. In the distance, boys strummed guitars, singing Cuban Bachata.

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