Circle of Three #14: The Challenge Box
Chapter One
Cooper pushed open the door of Crones' Circle, stepped inside, and shut the door behind her. "That is a lot of snow," she remarked as she removed the black knit hat she was wearing and shook off the stubborn white flakes that clung to her dark blue wool jacket. She ran her hands through her hair, which was suffering from having been confined beneath the hat, and wiped her boots on the mat that Archer had placed near the door to prevent people from tracking snow and dirt across the store's wood floor. A line of shoes and boots sat beside it, a further hint that the proprietors would prefer their customers to go shoeless.
"Is it still coming down hard?" asked Annie, who was perusing the latest additions to the store's stock of books. She had removed her own boots and was walking around in her socks.
"I took the bus instead of driving," Cooper told her, bending down to take off her boots and add them to those already lined up by the door. "You can hardly see out there."
Annie went to the window and peered out. In the light of the street lamps she could see snowflakes swirling madly, like moths flutte ... read full excerpt from Circle of Three #14: The Challenge Box ebook
