03 Reckoning - Guardian by Laury Falter

Author:Laury Falter [Falter, Laury]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2011-12-22T13:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN: THE IDEA

“Will she be all right?” The voice was drawn out, languid, slow and unrecognizable.

Cool wind crossed my skin, layered with dampness and causing my body to quiver.

“Is it a mortal wound?” The voice inquired.

Wings, rapid, rhythmic flapped around me.

“Shut up and fly, Gershom.” This voice was Eran’s and it was undeniably nervous.

My eyelids, thick and heavy, drew open in time to catch sight of Eran’s muscular arm and, beyond it, stone walls. They closed again and soon after I noticed my body jostling from side to side. Searing heat flashed up my body, so intense I held my breath against it.

The darkness came again, swallowing me whole. The sounds fell away, dying down slowly as the sound does with a carnival ride when it comes to a stop.

I was jostled then, my body constricting against the shocking movement. Eran was on the ground, running.

“The door,” he commanded.

We didn’t stop so I knew someone must have followed it.

Then I was surrounded by sheets, pillows, and blankets and someone was tugging at my wound, irritating it.

“No,” I heard myself moan as I rolled away.

Someone shushed me just before I fell back to the deep, dark void.

When I awoke, the pain was gone. The severe injury to my side was nonexistent, and I moved with ease, breathing deeply and without restriction.

Opening my eyes again, I found the peaceful hall I knew so well surrounded me. Beneath me was my stone bench, the soft breeze moving around us.

Sitting up, my first thought was encouraging.

I hadn’t died yet. This, I knew with absolute certainty because I hadn’t passed through the tunnel I recalled on previous trips to the afterlife in which my body had stopped working all together.

This was good news. As they healed my body in the other dimension, as it recuperated there, it seemed I would be spending my time here.

Then I paused, realizing for the first time how it must feel for those who knew loved ones fighting for their lives. Having been given the ability to transport myself between dimensions, I was never restricted in being able to communicate with my loved ones. But here, right now, I had no way of telling them I felt perfectly fine. A void separated us, inhibiting us from speaking and leaving us both to wonder how the other was faring. It felt so unfair for them, and now for me and Eran.

Oddly, I was surrounded by loving entities and yet, looking back, I couldn’t remember a time when I felt more alone.

“I’m here, Eran,” I said softly. “And I’m all right.”

Knowing he wouldn’t get the message, I resigned myself to the situation and stood up.

Scanning the pockets before me, I realized there was really only one thing I could do…I’d make the most of my time and deliver outstanding messages.

Alterums had lined up early in the morning asking me to deliver messages for them, something I readily agreed to. When I started, I didn’t stop, working one message after another to pass the time, stopping only intermittently at Eran’s cabin to visit with Annie and Charlie.

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