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“Possible matches.”
Yuck. She had an actual binder of men.
“All of the potential mates in there have been advised of your situation and are willing to take you on as is.”
Jesus. As is? What was she, a car?
“Meredith!” I yelled. “Show me something relevant. I need to know how I can help you! Please!”
The light came so fast that I couldn’t block my eyes. No sobbing to warn me this time.
I blinked, trying to make the spots go away. And then I realized that it wasn’t spots. I was outside somewhere, lying on the ground and staring at the sun.
I stood up as my sight slowly started to come back.
Meredith was lying on a blanket in the courtyard in the center of the St. Ailbe’s buildings. A pile of magazines was abandoned on her right. One was open to a page filled with purses.
o;Nerd. Are you talking to your dolls again?” A tall blond teenage guy came into the room.
“I wouldn’t have to if I had someone to play with.”
“Where is everyone?”
“Matt’s at soccer. Micah and Miles went for a run. Mom and Dad are out.”
Whoa. Her parents really had a thing for M-names.
“So it’s just you and me?”
“Yup.”
“Alright, well I’m not playing with dolls. Let’s go.”
Meredith’s young face shined as she grinned and raced across the room to him.
“Meredith,” I said into the vision. “Show me what happened. Please.”
Light flared. I couldn’t see anything. I heard distant voices echoing along the white expanse.
Someone was sobbing. A girl. Meredith.
And then, just as quickly as it started, it faded.
A wolf whined.
The white dimmed until I could make out shadows. Colors. I blinked, and suddenly I was in a field. Bluebonnets blanketed the ground. Wolves ran by me. A light brown one caught up with a smaller white one, and nipped at her tail. The sight of the two wolves playing made me smile.
This wasn’t what I needed to see.
“Please, Meredith. Show me what happened when you were cursed. Show me what I need to see,” I said in the vision.
The blinding white light came again. This time, I shielded my eyes with my hand.
The sobbing came again. And the sadness. Just a taste of it, and then gone.
Familiar sounds surrounded me. Utensils clinking against plates. People chatting. Two people—girls—were yelling. I peeked through my fingers.
I was in the cafeteria at St. Ailbe’s. Meredith and Imogene stood nose to nose. Shouting at each other.
