Chapter III The Skeleton Key Receiving a letter in the mail is always exciting. After all Jinx gets so few letters. Pretty much only birthday cards from family. She walks while reading the envelope. On the front it is addressed in fancy calligraphy writing. To: Miss Jinx Hill 87 S. Hill Drive Hill Lake, Indiana, USA, Earthly World From: Light Council 1313 Council Way Salem, Massachusetts USA, Earthly World There is an ink stamp of a lit candle in place of a regular postage stamp. The back the envelope has been sealed with a blob of red wax “Very cool” Jinx thinks. Imprinted into the wax is a circle with a crescent moon and the Roman numerals for thirteen. Once Jinx reaches Grandma’s car, the two take off down the road. As they turn onto the main highway, Jinx sees her mail man pass them, heading back toward her house. “That’s weird” Jinx says. “What is my dear” Grandma asks while concentrating ...
Writer JL Cooper