A Chosen Life by K.A. Parkinson

Author:K.A. Parkinson [Parkinson, K.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Snowy Peaks Media
Published: 2016-03-15T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Into the

Storm

Tolen’s blue eye shifted and he saw Ardia’s life force flash twenty miles ahead, from a half-dead Juniper tree. He felt mostly in control of his emotions. He couldn’t feel a trace of anger. Instead he felt an odd combination of trepidation and excitement. He could feel the vibes of the Shadow’s darkness ahead when he concentrated, just as Macy said he would figure out, and he understood that they caused the sense of foreboding he felt. He didn’t like that it was his fault that Macy would be close to them, but he couldn’t deny the tiny measure of excitement he felt to be going to a place where he could start to find out what had happened to his mother and best friend and more about his dad. Dane mentioned in Green River that they wouldn’t be staying at the Binithan for long, but maybe because of what had happened they would decide to let him stay. Maybe then he wouldn’t need the Watcher anymore.

A tiny spasm of regret followed this thought. If the Watcher left, so would Macy.

You’re close. Ardia’s voice echoed through his mind and pulled him back to the present.

And the Shadows?

Building . . . and gaining speed. Her tone turned urgent. Tolen, I do not know if you will make it in time. You must hurry!

We’re going as fast as we can.

I am going into the park ahead of you. I want to check your path. Keep on your current course. Follow the road. I’ll be back.

Tolen took a deep breath. Okay.

“She does not think we will make it in time?” Bastian leaned forward between the seats and Macy wrapped her arms tighter around her legs, her fingers leaving imprints in her skin.

Tolen squeezed the steering wheel and relayed what Ardia had said.

Macy’s lips turned white. Tolen wanted to console her, but he had no idea how. How do you console someone when they are headed toward something that had taken all they loved most? He felt sick at his earlier excitement, and determined that this time he wouldn’t be a danger to the others. He would do his best to fight any way he could. He glanced in the rearview mirror. Bastian was rubbing his temples with his eyes closed.

“Phantoms,” Bastian whispered.

Macy gasped.

Tolen! Phantoms! Fear laced Ardia’s scream.

“What are Phantoms?” Tolen shouted.

Bastian’s reply came out in a nervous rush. “Demon spirits—as evil as Ardia is good. Dark servants put them into the skeletons of dead or dying trees and the Phantoms reanimate them.”

Tolen remembered the strength of the trees in Green River, the ones that had been fighting for him in the battle with Jeff and his friends. He imagined that kind of power fighting against him, and his palms started to sweat.

Ardia, what are they doing?

They have been put into nearly every dead tree in the park Tolen. They’re everywhere!

“What do we do?” Tolen asked aloud.

Bastian and Ardia both answered at the same time. We fight.

The clouds in the distance were flat black.

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