The Gathering.
The others glared at Misty, waiting for a reason to attack. Shannon didn’t need a reason, she walked straight to Misty and slapped her face. No one moved to stop her. Trevor, still on the floor, should have expected it. He assumed the shock of seeing Misty materialize for the first time slowed everyone’s reaction. For whatever reason, no one moved to stop Shannon.
Misty displayed the strangest reaction of all. After the slap landed, she smiled at Shannon and said, “Thank you, dear. I rarely get to experience such raw emotion projected directly at me.”
Shannon, shocked by Misty’s reaction, took two steps back.
Trevor scrambled to his feet. Reaching his wife, he placed his hands on her upper arms and pulled her back to the other humans.
Crystal shook her head before conti
