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their mother was the most overprotective woman, if not the most overprotective human being, in the galaxy. When Merry and Mallory began to have the tiny fainting spells, tied to their visions—they were now adept at concealing them by lying down or sitting—Campbell had them screened for everything from Lyme disease to epilepsy. And when nothing showed up, their mother seemed almost disappointed—or so the twins thought.
    A moment later, before the truck was even out of sight, Meredith’s phone rang.
    “It’s Luna Verdgris,” said a soft voice from the other end of the phone. “I sense an atmosphere of trouble. I’m getting bad vibes.”
    “Slow night on the police band?” asked Merry.
    The twins knew how Luna “sensed” most things in Ridgeline.
    Her mother, Bettina, spent her days in a dark room reading tarot cards for locals and tourists—or monitoring her state-of-the-art police-band radio. Luna had heard from her mom that the ambulance was called to the Brynns’ house. Bettina used the radio in other ways. She was able to tell her wealthy clients that the son who’d gotten four speeding tickets in a row was “basically good” and would “straighten himself out.”
    It was harder for Luna to be an individual given how ... individualistic her mother was. She tried hard to look as weird as possible, dressing entirely in black with at least six scarves draped around her neck at all times. She described herself as a “wiccan.” She was also a top-notch babysitter who had a job every night of the week (because she was pure magic with kids) and a Sunday school teacher at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Luna (whose real name, the twins learned from Luna’s little sister, was Laura) probably wouldn’t have been so annoying if she hadn’t insisted on grabbing the twins’ left palms, which were identical but opposite—Merry’s right hand was still scarred from the fire—and “reading” their futures once or twice a week.
    She had predicted that Meredith would become involved with a young, brown-haired guy, which described half the guys in New York state.
    She had “predicted” that Mally would find happiness with a red-haired thin boy, which described 100 percent of the boys who lived next door to the Brynns.
    “Owen’s sick,” Merry admitted.
    “Was he rushed to the hospital?” Luna asked. “Was that who went?”
    “Yes,” Merry said.
    “Mer, I’m really sorry. I hope he’s okay. Can I help you guys any way?”
    “No, Luna. We’re steady here.”
    “Let me know, huh?” Luna asked.
    “You bet,” Merry said.
    “Let me talk to her for a minute,” Mallory said. Merry handed her twin the telephone. “Luna, this is going to sound weird. But do you ever have, like, a meeting ... in the grove?”
    “I know how you heard this,” Luna said in disgust. “And it sucks the tailpipe. It’s Corey Gilbertson. Her mother made her quit even though Wicca is totally a nature religion. She said we were Satanists. And it’s not naked, it’s called ‘sky clad,’ and it’s not a sex thing and I’m not gay....”
    “Whoa!” Mally said. “That’s way more information than I need. I never thought you were a Satanist. Are you?” Drew, about to leave, made a throat-cutting motion with his hand. Mallory could be way too blunt, which she admitted every time she realized she’d been way too blunt.
    “Are you nuts? I’m a Lutheran!” Luna said. “It’s just interesting, is all. Ridgeline! You might as well wear a T-shirt that says everything you do to save people the trouble of finding out! We only did it twice, last year at the fall and spring ... whatever ... the equinox. Mallory. It’s an interesting thing. So-called witches are always persecuted. They’ve been persecuted since the beginning of time. Anyone with any healing ability or visions is always persecuted and called evil.”
    “I totally agree,” Mallory said.
    “You totally agree?”
    “Yeah,” Mallory said.
    “I’m