Capturing Today (TimeShifters Book 2) by Jess Evander & Jessica Keller

Author:Jess Evander & Jessica Keller [Jess Evander & Jessica Keller]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Phantom Ship Press
Published: 2015-06-09T07:00:00+00:00

In the hallway outside the Elders’ offices, I release Michael’s hand to pinch the bridge of my nose. It’s evening now. More than ten hours since I arrived back at Keleusma with Lark’s body.

No one has seen Donovan.

Darnell, Michael, Eugene, and I spent the better part of the day seated in a small lounge room, staring at the walls together. Sure, the guys swapped a few hilarious stories about how Lark saved them on different missions, but each one ended with us all in tears or someone getting up abruptly and leaving the room to go lose it in the bathroom. So we defaulted to silence.

Silence is safer than remembering.

Michael touches my elbow. “You don’t have to do this. He’s been told by now.”

I shake my head and press my lips together.

Of course he’s been told about Lark. I’m not here to break the news. Far worse.

I was there when Lark died. Donovan has the right to ask me questions. He deserves the chance to hate me and yell at me too. Pain does that to a person—forces them to feel things that need to be projected somewhere—often at people who don’t justify being used as an outlet. But that’s where this situation is different. Because any anger he feels toward me is warranted.

A door behind me groans open, and I jump at the sound, my back finding a safe harbor against Michael’s chest. Although I wouldn’t admit it out loud, I steal strength from the warmth of his body. If Michael weren’t here, I would go back to my room and lock myself in my closet to grieve for the next month.

“It’s just Beatrix,” he whispers.

Right, Donovan’s not the only Elder. The other doors in this hallway more than likely lead to their offices. There are four Elders total, Donovan and three women—the creepy twins—Mimi and Clarissa Walsh, and Beatrix Vaughn, who reminds me of an old cat lady.

Beatrix stands beside us, a sad smile parting her lips. “You’re going in to talk to him, dear?” She wears a large, bright dress, splashed with Hawaiian flowers. Doesn’t she realize she should be mourning?

My throat feels achy and hollow. It hurts to speak, so I simply nod.

“I’m so glad.” She squeezes my upper arms. “He needs you more than anyone now.”

“I doubt that,” I mutter.

“Since the beginning, I’ve always believed there is something special about you. I think Donovan knew it too, and he didn’t understand what to do about it. Perhaps he finally will, in such a time as this.” She pats my head. “Be patient with him, dear. He’s a good man who has hurt for far too long.”

With that, she continues down the hall as if she didn’t just leave me with a riddle. If she were to be cast in a movie, it would be a crime mystery story that took place at an old time hotel. She’d be the wealthy, eccentric vacationer who everyone disregarded but was actually the one stealing everyone’s jewels. And she’d get away with it too.

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