⚓SAILORS' REST⚓ Idira picked her way across the shell studded sand dunes toward her father's lighthouse bungalow. The roar of the ocean drowned out the chattering of her teeth and her legs were too numb from the stiff wind to feel the seagrass lashing at her legs. Once on the beach, Idira sprinted across the wet sandbar that connected the rocky spire of Sailors' Rest to the mainland. She dashed up the hand carved steps, through the tiny garden, to front door of the bungalow at the base of the lighthouse. She raised a frozen hand to knock just as the door flew open. "Idira?" her father gaped at her. His high bronze cheeks and sandy curls made him look more like an overgrown cherub than an almighty heir to fearsome powers. "Pop, it's cold," Idira squealed and danced on the doorstep. "Let me in!" "Did your mother send you?" he asked, leaning out the door as Idira scurried inside. "No," she said from the comfort of the wide hearth. The fireplace was made of the stones hewn from the stairs. The warm hearthstones bore the original name of the island, 'Sorcerers' Roost,' "I just hit town." #solariocircle #brentlycommons #newegland #costalenclave #resorttown #familytraditions #magicaltraditions #whatsyourpath #lighthouse #paranormal #supportblackauthors #amplifyblackvoices #WritingCommunity #bookishcommunity #speculativefiction #IndieAuthor #phillywriters #BlackAuthors #blackindieauthors #blackbookstagram #blackbooks #indiereaders #bookstagram #readersofinstagram #thefarbackroom #workingcreative #thewritinglounge #indieauthor #writingcommunity #darkflameproductions (at The Heart Of North Philly ! : )) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPt0a74LOjX/?utm_medium=tumblr