Dora and I drove Sam and Maria to the train station at dawn. The buildings downtown were dark outlines against a brightening sky, shadows retreating moment by moment with the approach of daylight.
Sam and I hung back as Dora said good-bye to Maria. There were tears in both their eyes and I wasn’t sure Dora would let go. Of course in the end, she did.
Isadora and I stood with arms around each other, waving and watching the train pull away. She was still waving long after the train was out of sight.
We linked arms for the walk back to the car. The sun rose over the rooftops as we left the station, sending rainbow sparks out from windows to dance on the sides of buildings. I took that as a sign.
My life held more light than darkness, more love than sorrow. I needed to remember, and keep pushing back the shadows.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jaime Lee Moyer is the author of three paranormal romance mysteries featuring the evocative heroine Delia Martin: Against a Brightening Sky, A Barricade in Hell, and Delia’s Shadow, which won the 2009 Columbus Literary Award for Fiction. Jaime has sold short fiction to Lone Star Stories, Daily Science Fiction, and the Triangulations: End of the Rainbow and Triangulations: Last Contact anthologies. She was poetry editor for Ideomancer Speculative Fiction for five years and edited The 2010 Rhysling Award Anthology for the Science Fiction Poetry Association. She lives in San Antonio with writer Marshall Payne, three cats, three guitars, and a growing collection of books and music. You can sign up for email updates here.
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Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Map of San Francisco
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
About the Author
Also by Jaime Lee Moyer
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
AGAINST A BRIGHTENING SKY
Copyright © 2015 by Jaime Lee Moyer
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First Edition: October 2015