Dreams at Night

Dominic's eyes drifted shut falling into a doze as soon as his head touched the pillow. As Dominic drifted off to sleep he seemed to sense a fog seeping through the attic roof then swirling around the peaks of his quarters.

As Dominic slept his mind was occupied dreaming of a crowded ballroom or a high traffic area of a mall. Women, Dominic never met in his life drifted by passing a caressing hand over his chest, old men stared at him sweeping by, both men and women seemed to chatter at him. Finally the din of voices **** Dominic awake. Dominic got up, checked to make sure the book was secure again before heading down to the basement where there was a couch upon which he fell asleep again. After he fell asleep on the couch, Dominic's dreams where more peaceful, still he caught glances of shadowy figures staring at him from a distance.

In the morning ascending through the kitchen Dominic found coffee already prepared and still fresh. Halting for a cup of joe, Dominic leaned against the counter. Katrina called Kat his youngest step-sister entered the kitchen already holding a mug took a spot next to Dominic leaning against the counter. Looking at Dominic Kat's slightly rounded features framed by chestnut hair took on a joyful expression as her sapphire blue eyes twinkled, she inquired as to how he slept.

"Fair I guess, not so well up in my room but I went to the couch in the basement and there I rested fine, how about yourself?" Dominic responded to Kat's question.

Kat seeming a bit on edge blurted. "I slept well, you know I was just thinking though we should spend more time together like when I was little, even Mom and Sis- I think are starting to pick up on some of your more appealing traits, that wonderful fragrance that was drifting from your room yesterday evening. You know another thing, I've been meaning to ask if it was in any part tending my scrapes and scratches that got you into the medical-pharmacy field?"

"I'd say in some aspects it was, look I got today and tomorrow off, I have a bit of research to do, still I can make room for quality time with my little sis, O.K.?" Dominic said answering Kat's question finishing with a question of his own.

Kat gave Dominic a peck on the cheek before bouncing from the room with a, "Cool Bro."

Dominic smiling shook his head before heading back up to his room where he was greeted by an elderly slightly transparent balding man wearing round spectacles. The ghostly older gentleman said. "Hello, my name is Enoch L. Johnson. As I was the Sheriff of Atlantic county in life hence the others that congregate in the presence of the volume you possess nominated me to consult with you. As a guinea would say: you got real panache kid. You put one over on that little sister of yours with those new memories, you're a keen lad. The book can sense it, that's not something it would usually show to a reader on only the second day in their possession. I see you're keeping it fairly securely locked away, of course that's the smart play. Still you're going to need support an insider, someone who's been around a bit, seen a few tricks, not a howling mob but someone who can talk level headed sense to you. We noticed your sister was interested in fairies, so why don't you wow her and summon a fae- when it feels right, I can help you prepare for the moment. Now if you would, how do you read the other ladies in the house?"