A crackling brought them back to the comfort of the fire. Ashley looked at Daemon then at Spencer and decided that she would tell her story of how Daemon came by his name and how he found her.  Spencer hid a yawn behind her hand and looked at Ashley not really wanting to go to bed just yet.  Ashley pats her lap for Spencer to put her head in. “It’s ok if you want to lay down.  I don’t bite.”  Ashley says to Spencer leaning back on her elbows to tell her story.  Spencer takes her up on her offer and lays down but as she does so Kelsey gets up and lays his head on Spencer’s stomach because she is laying on her back so she can look up at Ashley as she tells her story.  What Spencer has learned from all of her years of observing people is that you can learn a lot about a person from their facial expressions and what is not said through their gestures. 

“Well, Daemon’s name means demon.  There is an area in Washington State where trails are in abundance and on one of these trails in a valley there is a town really in the middle of nowhere.”

“Wait a minute you’re not from around here? I thought you where because this is a residential area not a tourist district.”  Spencer asks of Ashley sitting up a little so she could look into her eyes to get a straight answer.

Ashley starts to turn red from embarrassment under Spencer’s scrutinizing gaze.  “Well that actually has to do with my powers.  You see not only do I control time but I have premonitions too.  In one such premonition I saw you and that is how I ended up here.  I was looking for you and my friend Aiden has a house around here that he let me borrow for the time that I stay here.  I own a vineyard back in Napa Valley along with the land my family left me in Tuscany, Italy and that is where I’m originally from.  But after the accident I had to leave. So I went west and stopped in Cali.”  Ashley states but she started to get teary eyed at the mention of the accident.