Breathless by Tawdra Kandle

Author:Tawdra Kandle [Kandle, Tawdra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: witches psychic love romance teen
Publisher: EverAfter Romance
Published: 2016-01-14T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

-Shimmers-

This time, I knew what was going on, right from the start.

The school walkways were dark and empty. I was standing near my locker, but nothing was quite familiar or defined. There was a slight haze softening the walls, the ground, the doors. The longer I focused on an object, the less clear it became.

Silence surrounded me, and yet as I stood trying to draw calm breaths, I heard an odd sing-song voice. It was coming from around the corner, in the next building over. I moved toward the sound.

Walking made everything around me shimmer. Each step I took seemed to move me much further than it should have, and almost instantly I was standing outside of Ms. Lacusta’s classroom. The voice I had heard was much louder, and I knew that Nell was on the other side of the door.

I expected to see her at her old seat, but she was sitting in the front of the room, on Ms. Lacusta’s desk. She was wearing the same sort of white robe as she’d been in last time we’d spoken, but I was relieved to see that her hands were free this time. She swung her legs back and forth and regarded me steadily, head tilted slightly.

“Well, don’t just linger in the doorway, Tasmyn. Please, do come in.”

Unwillingly I moved into the room. Although I tried to take only the smallest step, I found myself standing only a few feet away from Nell.

“That’s better. I can see you now.” Nell smiled, and I shivered.

“Why am I here again? Why are you here?” I attempted to sound cool and together, but I’m fairly certain my voice quivered.

“Just a dream. Isn’t that what you told Michael? Just an odd and disturbing dream.”

My heartbeat quickened. How could she know that? I must really be dreaming, I comforted myself. That’s how she knows everything. It all comes from my mind.

Nell laughed humorlessly and shook her head. “Whatever helps you sleep at night, Tasmyn. I have to say, though, I’m really disappointed in you. I thought you were reasonably intelligent.”

I groped behind me and found a desktop that felt real and stable enough to lean against. Tilting my chin up, I met Nell’s gaze.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about, Nell.”

“It’s pride, I suppose. I told myself that anyone with enough brains and cunning to bring me down would also be smart enough to stay away from Marica. I was wrong, obviously. I guess you just got lucky.”

My temper flared then. “It wasn’t luck, and it wasn’t brains, either. I was just trying to do the right thing—“

Nell waved her hand at me and shook her head in disgust. “The same old song. Stop. I’m tired of hearing it. I don’t want to talk about that, anyway. I want to know why you’re allowing Marica to manipulate you. What does it take for you to get the hint? For most people, a warning dream from the homicidal maniac who tried to kill them would do the trick.

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