Breaking the Scroll by Jane Vergara

Author:Jane Vergara
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Tags: akea power love friendship powers magic kino mayo pyper
Published: 2014-10-26T17:45:35.368245+00:00

Chapter 19 – Kino Amark

The mosquitoes are beginning to bite me and I shoved them away. If I don’t move from my squatting position, my legs will be numb for walking later. Pyper is taking long, and I wonder where they are now.

On other instances, I would have been terrified to even linger in this part of Nivaton but knowing that Pyper is human too made a difference.

Back when I tended her a few weeks ago, when I saw her lying on the ground, her gray skin almost drove me away. It looked so different, but I thought she just needed a bath — a long one. When she didn’t speak and never answered any of my questions, I never thought of her as a ghost because she was all flesh, her body was warm, and gray might be the color of her skin, but it actually looked pretty cute on her. She was so tiny that it’s hard to put an age to her, but perhaps she’s younger than I.

I’m still amazed every time I touch her and feel the heat on her skin because when she vanished right under my nose, I concluded she’s a ghost. And well — I don’t think anybody can blame me for thinking that.

I stretched my legs in front of me while sitting. I dared not make big movements because someone may spot me.

My heart froze when something moved in front of me, and found that there’s nobody there.

“Pyper?” I whispered.

“Kino, it’s me,” she said softly. Then she showed herself. “Sorry it took so long, but Mayo’s strides were short, and he’s slow…”

I smiled at her. “There’s no need to explain.”

She smiled back and held out her hand to me. “Let’s go, we have to be fast. My father was not in the house yet and I want to reach the house before he does,” she said.

I took her hand and stood up, then watched as my hand vanished right in front of me. Then it travelled slowly up my arm, then to my body, and down to my legs. I shivered. Surreal!

“Sorry for the shivers,” I said. “It’s just that this is so unusual —”

“It’s okay. I would have shivered many times more if our places were switched,” she said lightly.

Pyper pulled at my hand and started walking faster. I watched as the darkness enveloped us. There are times I feel like I’m going to stumble the way Mayo did earlier because when you don’t see your feet right in front of you, it’s difficult to actually assess where to step on next. Not that it mattered a lot because it’s dark already and even if my body were visible I’m pretty sure it will still be a tough journey.

“Can I ask a question?” I asked.

Pyper didn’t answer me immediately and I thought she didn’t hear me.

“Yes, but speak softly. There are Nivans patrolling around the town so they can warn the villagers in case a stranger enters our place.”

That freaked me out because what she said meant that anywhere, eyes could be looking down upon us.

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