Auracle by Rosati Gina

Author:Rosati, Gina [Rosati, Gina]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2012-08-06T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 20

It took me over an hour to convince Rei that Seth couldn’t possibly be dead, and that he was only thinking these bad things because he was exhausted. Even his aura is a tired shade of beige. Matt offered Rei his roommate’s bed for the night but since the sheets looked like they hadn’t been washed since school started last September, Rei made a diplomatic excuse and spent the night in the car. It’s now after five o’clock in the morning, and he looks painfully uncomfortable, but his internal alarm clock hasn’t kicked in yet to wake him up. Good. I need more time anyway.

The static by the power lines is still buzzing, but not nearly as strong as it was last night. Maybe because it’s daylight now and not as much electricity is needed. I don’t know and I don’t care. I allow myself the luxury of hope.

The forest extends about a mile on either side of the power lines. Light filters through the tall pines casting soft shadows and morning brings birdsong and the scuttlings of squirrels and chipmunks as they start their day. Every tree, every bush, every blade of grass and patch of moss is alive, surrounded by shades of soft, serene blue. It’s the aura of peace, like everything in nature is attuned to each other in perfect harmony.

Even me. Even though I am without a body, without a plan, I allow myself this one perfect moment to be without a care, to feel like I’m part of something bigger than bodies and plans, something eternal and omnipresent and hopeful. Something positive. The trees nod their branches even though there is no wind.

And then the blues shimmer into silver and from somewhere above me, the colors gather together into this brilliant beam of light that reaches down to me.

My first reaction is to bolt, but I’m too mesmerized. Is this the light? THE light? The same one I saw in the nursing home, the one that comes for the dead? Why is it here, then, in the forest? Is it here for me? Is this some sort of cosmic hint that because I have no body, I am now invited to the big heavenly party?

I don’t have time for a party. I need to find Seth.

I feel like I’m spitting in the face of God. “Thank you,” I tell the light because there is obviously some divine connection here and I don’t want to seem ungrateful, “but I need to find Seth before I can go anywhere.”

The light seems to have no hard feelings. It shimmers with tiny shards of color, like glitter is swirling around inside it, and disappears in an upward motion as if vacuumed up into the sky. The stillness that follows is absolute, except for one lone vibration.…

That convoluted buzz I know as Seth is as clear as an arrow pointing me in the direction I need to go, and I know this is no coincidence. I whisper more thanks

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