Claudia Gray - Evernight Academy 04 by Afterlife

Author:Afterlife [Afterlife]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

“EVERY THING W ILL BE DIFFERENT, NO W THATY ou’re one of us.” Maxie was aglow — literally — in a golden haze of

joy. “W ait and see.”

“I’ve been one of you ever since I died.”

“Not for reaL Not while you were hanging — out with the vampires. This is going to be so much better.”

I didn’t tell Maxie that I had no intention of abandoning Lucas or anybody else. It felt uncomfortably like lying, and I was beyond tired of lies. But I wasn’t ready to fully trust the wraiths just yet.

“So,” I began. “How do we do this? Finding Christopher, I mean.” I glanced around. “I don’t guess he hangs out in this attic with you.”

“O f course not,” she scoffed. “Like Christopher spends any time on the mortal plane.” Then she paused. “I take that

back, actually. He comes here every once in a while.”

“To the attic?”

“To the mortal plane, dumbass. But he comes here only when he has a purpose. Like trying to help a lost wraith find

his way. Stuff like that.

Christopher doesn’t haunt.”

“Like you, you mean?”

I intended that to be a jab at Maxie, to point out that she hadn’t surrendered the mortal world entirely either. But she nodded, solemn and sweet. “If I know you’re coming with us, then I can let this place go at last. Even — even Vic.” She gazed down at the spot on the carpet where Vic had once sat to summon her. “That’s going to be hard, but I can do it.”

“W hy me? Y ou and I know each other, I guess, but we’re hardly best friends — ”

““ll let Christopher explain.” Maxie practically sparkled with anticipation. “Ready?”

I couldn’t answer that question without knowing what I was supposed to be ready for. “Maybe?”

“Fade out with me. Come on.”

For some reason, it was difficult for me to fade out this time, where it never had been before. Maybe it was a little

like trying to fall asleep when it’s important to get some rest, so of course you lie awake for hours. But as Maxie turned into a pure glow, I managed to follow her lead. Slowly the 130 world around us turned into nothing but blue — gray mist, a mysterious haze that had no up, no down, no center, and no boundaries. Maxie’s glow twinkled slightly amid the swirling mists, then was gone.

O kay, Bianca. Her voice wasn’t something I heard so much anymore — just something I perceived without really

knowing how. Y ou have to Jet go.

Let go of what? Everything.

Y ou mean, Lucas and my friends — No, 1mean, EVERY THING. O f yourself just pull it all tight within yourself and then

. .. Jet go.

W hat was that supposed to mean? W ithout much optimism, I tried doing what Maxie said. As I tried it, though, I

started to get some sense of it — and then I let go.

It was terrifying. Like discovering you had the ability to make your heart stop beating, or to make gravity stop

working.

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