A Midsummer Night's Scream (The Dulcie O'Neil Series Book 7) by H.P. Mallory

Author:H.P. Mallory
Language: eng
Format: mobi, azw3, epub
Published: 2015-06-27T23:00:00+00:00

SEVEN

With no idea what to expect, I released myself to the dark void beneath Jax’s cell. At first, I thought I’d be killed as soon as the inky darkness enveloped me, but that wasn’t what happened at all. My pounding heart proved I was very much alive. And I could feel the coldness of the air rushing past me, as well as the intense suction that relentlessly pulled me downward, taking me God only knew where.

I couldn’t say if seconds or minutes ticked by as I fell through the darkness or maybe I was in a vacuum where time stood still. Either way, I couldn’t see anything at all. I briefly wondered if I’d inadvertently closed my eyes because the rushing air made them water. But my eyes weren’t closed, or I wouldn’t have been able to see a faint light in the distance. It appeared to be coming from the bottom of the wind tunnel I was trapped inside. It was difficult to focus on the light, since I was still falling, and my body kept twisting and turning upside down.

When I found myself facing what I thought was downward, I noticed the light again. It started as a speck, but soon began to grow brighter and larger, the longer I stared at it. Several seconds later, I rotated around until I no longer could see the faint light, just the tunnel’s darkness once again. I figured I had to have fallen pretty far down the wind tunnel, since I couldn’t see Jax’s cell at all anymore, not even the slightest flicker of light that might have hinted at its location.

I tried to swim back around again, hoping to face the tiny light. I assumed it was at the end of the tunnel, but trying to perceive it wasn’t easy. Maybe it was due to how rapidly I was falling, or maybe it was the greedy suction that drew me through the tunnel, but for some reason, I couldn’t seem to flip myself around.

As soon as I gave up on seeing the wavering glow again, it seemed like someone had turned on a light switch, because I was suddenly bathed in fluorescence. I immediately used my hands to shield my eyes from the harsh intensity of the blinding light. When that failed to relieve the stinging in my eyes, I slammed them closed. My eyelashes barely dusted my cheeks before I felt myself landing. I touched down on something that was too soft to be the ground and, yet, I still managed to land hard enough for the wind to get knocked right out of me. When I felt the pressure of hands on my back and under my legs, I realized I was in someone’s arms.

“And that was a perfect catch on my part!”

I heard Jax’s voice and blinked my eyes open while sucking in a few shallow breaths. I no longer had to shield my eyes because the light surrounding us was nowhere near as oppressive as it had been.

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