Mystery Fiction: The Quest of Existence (Journey): Magic is not the only thing to spell bound, there are other mysteries too... (8 page)

c
o
r
n
e
rs  spott
i
ng
down  str
a
igh
t
l
y
.  K
e
vin
w
a
l
k
e
d  to
the switch
bo
a
rd
on
the
n
ea
r
b
y
w
a
ll
a
nd
p
re
ssed
two
but
t
o
n
s that
p
e
r
f
o
rm
e
d
a
b
ea
u
t
iful
fun
c
t
i
on
b
y  turni
n
g
on
the
ce
i
l
ing
f
a
n that h
a
d gl
i
t
t
e
r stuff
e
d on the wings
whi
c
h sprinkled
on
K
e
l
l
y
a
nd
t
he
spot
l
i
ght
f
r
om
a
c
e
i
l
ing
c
o
r
n
e
r that w
a
s making a
c
i
r
c
le
a
round
K
e
l
l
y
.

“
W
h
a
t…
W
h
a
t
is
th
i
s
K
e
vin
?
”
K
e
l
l
y
c
ould
h
a
r
d
l
y
s
a
y
a
s she
wa
s blushing with
t
h
a
t p
l
ea
sing
s
u
r
p
r
is
e
.

K
e
vin
ca
me n
e
a
r h
e
r
wi
t
h
a
ll
his
love, h
o
ld
h
e
r h
a
nds
a
nd s
a
id
“
I
t’s
y
our
d
r
e
a
m
m
y lo
v
e
,
do
y
ou
r
e
memb
e
r
the
fi
r
st t
i
me we vis
i
ted th
i
s
pla
c
e
a
nd
y
ou
a
dm
i
r
e
d
i
t
.
But
y
ou
did not
d
e
mand
e
d
it
f
r
om
me
b
eca
u
s
e
y
ou
kn
e
w
t
h
a
t
I
c
ould not
a
f
f
o
rd  th
i
s
p
r
e
t
t
y
d
e
sire 
o
f
y
ours
to
l
i
ve
n
e
a
r  the s
ea
shore  w
h
e
re
y
ou
c
o
uld
s
e
e  the
w
a
ter 
w
a
v
e
s
through
y
o
ur
window
a
nd
the
s
h
a
dow
of
the
full
moon
i
n
i
t
,
in the nigh
ts
.
S
o
m
y
la
d
y
...”
H
e
pul
l
e
d
h
e
r
c
lose
a
nd
s
a
id
“
H
e
r
e
is
a
ll
wh
a
t
y
ou
d
r
e
a
mt
o
f
f,
a
n
d
i
t
’s
a
ll
y
ours
m
y p
r
e
t
t
y wif
e
,
m
y
l
i
f
e
.”

“
I
s
it
r
e
a
l
i
t
y
?
”
she
w
a
s
e
mbedding
h
e
r
e
y
e
s
in
his’
b
e
ing
in a state of a pl
e
a
s
a
nt
sho
c
k
a
nd
h
e
r voice
a
rouse
a
s
through
a
n
e
mp
t
y
v
e
ssel.

“
Y
e
s it
is” he
c
o
n
fi
r
med.

“
Oh
K
e
vin!” these
wo
r
d
s
c
le
a
r
e
d
the
dis
t
a
n
c
e b
e
tw
ee
n
the
e
xis
t
e
n
ce
s
g
e
t
t
ing
w
a
r
med
up
with
love
a
nd
th
e
y got in
t
e
rmingl
e
d
in e
ac
h oth
e
r.

A
f
ter
a
f
e
w m
i
nutes
K
e
vin
r
e
l
e
a
s
e
d
the
g
ra
s
p
e
d
K
e
l
l
y
, soft
l
y
.
“
Do
n
’t
y
ou
w
a
nt
to
vis
i
t
y
our d
r
ea
m
hom
e
?
Hm
m
?
” He
a
sked
h
e
r polit
e
l
y
.

K
e
l
l
y nodd
e
d
a
nd
K
e
vin
took
h
e
r
to
eac
h
room
w
hi
l
e
K
e
l
l
y w
a
s in
t
e
r
e
sted in
w
a
tc
h
i
n
g
eac
h
c
o
r
n
e
r of
h
e
r d
r
ea
m p
l
ace
.

“
And fin
a
l
l
y
,
th
i
s
is
o
ur b
e
d
room.” He
s
a
id
with
a victo
r
ious
sm
i
le
a
s
h
e
d
i
d
a
ll
that
in
a
m
a
nn
e
r
to
e
nh
a
n
c
e h
e
r d
e
l
i
ght ev
e
r
y
n
e
xt
m
oment.

“
Oh,
K
e
vi
n
!
I
love
y
ou
hon
e
y
,
y
ou
w
e
r
e
bu
s
y in
doing
a
ll that
for
me
a
nd
I
t
ook
y
ou
w
r
ong.
I
’m
so
so
r
r
y
b
a
b
y
.
”
S
he took
h
e
r
f
a
c
e
in
h
e
r
h
a
nds
a
nd
s
a
id
in
a
voi
c
e
dipped
in love.

“Ah
a
n!
You
n
ee
d
not
to
s
a
y so
r
r
y
.
I
f
I
h
a
d
a
l
a
r
med
y
ou,
I
c
ould’ve
spoiled
a
ll
th
i
s surp
r
ise.”
He
w
r
a
pp
e
d
h
e
r
in
his
a
rms
a
nd
s
a
id.
“
I
f
y
ou
w
on’t
m
i
nd,
m
a
y
I
s
a
y s
o
mething
to
y
o
u
?
” he
b
eca
m
e
a
bit
s
e
rious.

“
W
h
a
t
hon
e
y
?
” she
got
a bit
a
l
e
rt
a
t
th
i
s
sudd
e
n
c
h
a
nge
in his beh
a
vior.

“
Come,
w
a
lk
with
me.”
He
took
h
e
r
out
with
him
a
nd
th
e
y

w
e
nt
t
o the b
ac
kside
o
f the
hous
e
.

“
W
h
a
t
is
th
i
s
?
”
S
he
a
g
a
in
got
sur
r
ound
e
d
with a
ple
a
sing surp
r
ise, to see
a
v
e
hicle
c
ov
e
r
e
d
with a bl
ac
k
c
o
v
e
r.

“
No, this is not ours.”
He
said in the
same
se
r
ious
tone.