Love's Whimsical Echo

Previously

…Elara looked at the map, then at Dr. Sparkle, then back at her bakery. The lingering shimmer seemed a little less threatening now, a little more like a promise of future, albeit bizarre, adventures. She had a feeling this wouldn’t be the last time she found herself in the thick of Dr. Sparkle’s next project. And for some inexplicable reason, that thought didn’t fill her with dread, but with a strange, whimsical anticipation.