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Chapter 70
"Oh! Oh, nothing. It's just... did you feel that? I feel the walls building as fast as they fell; the shaking begins, the nerves jump. How did I fall apart so easily?
"Feel what?" He looks at me, then at the sky. His eyes are dark, frightening, with his face darkened by a kind of depression. "I think there might be a little rain shower on our way."
It hurts.
"No, no," I mumble, "well, yes. Rain. But that's not what I'm talking about."
It's pounding in my head, my sanity.
"Mona, please tell me."
"It's the...the voices! Don't tell me you can't hear them. I try to cover my ears, but it bursts out anyway, scaring me with its ferocity. "It's so loud."
"It's just us here," Griffin tries to calm me down, "there are no voices except yours and mine."
My vision blurs, but I can vaguely make out spheres of light bouncing around
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This can't keep happening to me. My emotions are seriously out of whack.I don't know how many times I've accepted my death over the past few months and kind of lived to see the next day. The first few times I just thought it was lucky. Okay, I'm saved, what a miracle.But the reality is, I quickly realized, that this stupid idiot is seriously the best guardian angel ever. His timing is also impeccable. He couldn't find us five minutes ago when we were barely swimming in our prison, when we weren't laughing and crying like idiots. No, he has to rush out on his white horse when I'm getting ready to meet Satan. Or God. Or both."It was nice of you to come," I mutter under my breath, feeling more than a little bitter at both the moment of his appearance and the emotions bursting through me."It's nice, isn't it?" Xavier's voice echoes, and I turn my expressionless head toward the water that is rising fu
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I face them all, water dripping from my nose and chin, pleading with a resolve I didn't know I had. "Please," I say softly, but it soon becomes more than a word. It grows beyond that, beyond me and anything I could hope to accomplish. I can feel the desperation emanating from that one word, watch the word fade from my ear but grow in its deliverance. And as I watch in amazement, everything seems to come out of the well.I could see everything, every emotion coming together to form a strange essence that rose higher and higher. It shines with a thousand lights to fight the darkness, a life that embraces the land of the dead.A smile graces my lips as suddenly the collective dissipates, flying almost at lightning speed to all the edges of the glades. I can see the Shifters becoming visibly brighter, as if they themselves had received a breath of life. Very slowly, they begin to disappear, fading into the depths of the trees.
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He sighs and pulls another small fruit from his bag. "Don't make me come get you." Tugging on the fruit's shell, he waves the treat toward my face.Almost robotically, I walk beside him and slide to the ground. "Good girl," he smiles, patting my head. My hand automatically rises to drop his hand, but the warm feeling that accompanies his gesture makes it stop just short of doing so.He starts laughing again. Why is this crazy kid in such a good mood? I've never seen someone laugh so hard in such a short time. "What's up? You decided to be nice to me today?" he teases me, tapping my forehead with his finger. It stings really bad, and I give him the worst glare I can muster."That wasn't the plan," I mutter, reaching for the fruit as my stomach lets out a particularly embarrassing growl that echoes through the cave. My expression turns to anger as he pulls his arm out of my reach."Let me feed you," he
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He doesn't answer me, looking out solemnly. I turn, leaning into his embrace. We sit in silence, watching the thunder gradually diminish as the storm gets further and further away. Even though I'm in one of the strangest circumstances I've ever experienced in my life, I don't feel very nervous or scared anymore."Let's rest," Xavier finally says as he gently loosens his grip on me. A strange sense of loss swells in my chest.He quickly grabs the shirts and places them on top of me. "Use this as a pillow." The backpack is pushed into my arms. Within seconds, I'm officially ready for bed."Okay, before you go to sleep," he says slowly, "solemnly swear that you are not going to try to murder me in my sleep and run away."I stare at him without blinking in response. This is probably the most viable option for me if I intend to get out of this whole mess. But something tells me that not only do I not have
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My eyes open quickly and I inspect my surroundings. The shirts from the previous night are strewn about the cave, the fire nothing but cold ashes. From what I can tell, the sky is still full of low fog and thick mist, the rain having retreated far to the horizon. I can't really see the sun, if there even is one in this world, only the gray darkness.With a grace I didn't know I had, I slowly stood up and made my way to the mass of clothes at my side, careful not to shake the rope that bound my ankle. Shivers ran down my body and I shivered as the wind brushed my neck. My clothes are still pretty wet, but not as soaked as last night. I take my long flowing shirt and spin it around, shaking off the excess water, and tie it around my waist like a makeshift skirt. There's no way I'm putting on these soaked pants, especially with this stupid rope to ruin things.Xavier stirs in his sleep, scaring me with the disturbance of his breathing. I inwardly beg him not to wake up. Preferably never.
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Instantly regretting the action after a brief recognition of the pain in Xavier's features, I turn around to face out and immediately begin to run. My stomach roars with need, but I don't want to turn around and retrieve the fruit. If I turn around, I could lose it all in his eyes. I could feel that same indescribable desire that drives me crazy.Somehow, I just know that something about him is different. Different from the rest of my stalkers in this desperate world, different from my past memories and present emotions. It's a hard thing for me to describe, quite honestly, because I can't even begin to understand it myself. In this case, the word "different" must take on a myriad of implications and interpretations to reflect the chaos that is erupting in my own heart. I feel hatred, yet I feel an undeniable attraction. I want to slap him and stroke his cheek. But for the other people I've met here... nothing bothers me.I think maybe what I'm so afraid of is the intensity of my feel
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"Yeah, these are the only living bushes we've found here," Yi said thoughtfully, "they only seem to grow around water sources.""Yeah, Ray said something about that. I wonder if these are plants that are simply attracted to water, or if there's some other reason for their location." I walk over to the plant, examining the roots and stems."Even though this is a forest, it's really the only part we've seen so far that looks truly alive," Ray comments, his feet gripping the gray grass as he approaches. "Isn't it weird that everything looks so gray here, like we just walked into a picture book? Even these stems and leaves on the plant have a grayish tint.I have to admit that Ray is right. The veins of the leaves are a deep gray, as if the very essence of this world is contained within them. Touching the leaves with my hand, I wince as a sharp edge slices through my skin. "What the fuck?" I mutter as the bright red pulses from my brand new wound on my thumb. It's throbbing, leading me to
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"What next?" asks Ray, looking around at all our faces. We look back, as unaware as he is. There is silence between us, and not even the sounds of insects or birds can be heard. I fidget nervously in my seat on the dark gray rock."We need to find Wes and Jake," Xavier finally says with an authoritative tone, "I'm sure they're around here somewhere.""So far, everyone has been found within the same ten mile radius. Maybe scouting the rest of this area will prove fruitful," Danae said calculatingly, staring at a notebook in her hand. "We still have a lot we haven't covered.""I say we look for water," I said sharply. "There is only so much food near this tiny little pond, no matter how full the fruit is. And if on this trip we find Wes and Jake, so much the better. If we don't, we can always go back and look for them with a significantly higher chance of survival on both sides." I can see Yi and Griffin nodding after my suggestion. Xavier just looks at me with displeasure."I think Mon
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