Continuing (The Starlight Chronicles Book 5) by C. S. Johnson

Author:C. S. Johnson [Johnson, C. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-11-30T00:00:00+00:00

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Across Dreams

I felt better about Stefano when my eyes opened and adjusted to the environment with which I was most familiar. Before, he had been restless and shaking; when I glanced at him, he seemed to have calmed down quite a lot. Upon reentry into reality, I saw Elysian and Aleia standing over me as I held onto Stefano’s arm. I dropped it unceremoniously.

“Are you okay?” Aleia asked. “We were concerned.”

“I’m fine,” I said, my voice raw against the gradient of the atmosphere. What was it about this plane of existence that just seemed so oppressive sometimes?

“What happened?” Elysian asked. “Did you capture Elektra?”

“You don’t see her here still, do you?” I retorted.

“Time has yet to resume,” Aleia said. “I imagine we’ve been here several moments, but the world will pass over it.”

“That might be a good thing,” I said, gesturing down to the sweaty but still man beside me. “Mayor Mills is silent, thanks to Elektra’s defeat.” I reached into my pocket, where Elektra’s crystal now resided, and pulled it out.

“You did get it,” Aleia said. “Great work.”

“It wasn’t easy,” I said, recalling the pain. “She actually seemed sorry for her actions when I bested her.”

“She might have just been sorry for getting caught,” Aleia said, glancing pointedly over at Elysian. “A lot of people struggle with that.”

Elysian frowned at her, before sniffing resentfully at her insinuations.

“You two should stuff it,” Elysian argued.

“I was just pointing out that it’s a common problem,” Aleia murmured.

“I can well imagine that,” I said, thinking of the time Mrs. Smithe had given me a detention for playing my Game Pac in class. Glancing at Elysian, I added, “The first part, I mean, not the part about Elysian having issues.”

It suddenly hit me that because of my detention, I was able to meet Raiya. Sort of, I mentally corrected myself. She was there. I’d seen her, in passing, for the first time, even though I’d missed her and all she meant for my life at the time.

“I miss her now,” I admitted aloud.

“You mean Raiya?” Aleia said, ducking free of Elysian’s mutterings, as she turned to me.

“Of course,” I said. I playfully tossed Elektra’s crystal up into the air and caught it. “I wish I could tell her we only need Asteropy now. She would be happy to hear that.”

“You know she’s in your heart,” Aleia said, taking my hand and placing it over my chest, right up to where I could feel my heart beat.

My fingertips grazed the area where Elektra had attacked me moments earlier. It was still raw with traces of lingering pain. “It’s hardly the same,” I said. “She’s been gone for close to a month now.”

“We’ll see her soon,” Elysian said. “When we go up with St. Brendan.”

“I know.” I sighed. “It’s just that this is a victory for us, for our mission. We’re supposed to capture the Sinisters, and once we do that we’ll be done with all this superhero stuff.”

Aleia gave me a quizzical expression. “Are you that eager to be done with our work?” she said.

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