DESCENDING INTO MADNESS by BROWN STACEY MARIE

Author:BROWN, STACEY MARIE [BROWN, STACEY MARIE]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-07-25T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

“Alice?” A deep voice reached into my nothingness, dragging me back.

Pinks, purples, blues, and greens swirled and clashed, looking like the aurora borealis, alleviating the darkness that wrapped around me.

“Wake up, Alice… You do not get to die now.”

“Let me try. I wanna try that.” Another voice spoke eagerly.

I wanted to go, but part of me also wanted to stay in the nothingness, continuing the best nap in the world. But similar to a slide, once you start down, there is no stopping gravity from pulling you all the way.

“Dum, get the hell back. That’s not what I was doing. Stop trying to kiss her.”

My lids lifted, blurry images forcing me to blink several times to understand the object in my face.

Puckered lips were only centimeters from mine.

“Ahhhhh!” I cried, my voice croaked with pain, my heart leaping as my body scrambled back from Dum’s nearness. He bent over me, his eyes closed, mouth pursed, as though he was about to kiss a sleeping princess awake.

“Dum!” Scrooge grabbed the back of Dum’s jacket, yanking him back with a vicious snarl. “You put your lips near her again, I will turn you into figgy pudding.”

“You did it.” He pointed at Scrooge with confusion.

“I was saving her life, Dum-Puck.” He stressed Dum’s name, suggesting he also got the funny but unfortunate irony of his name.

“My kiss could have saved her life.” Dum huffed, his lips curling down in a pout.

“No. It really wouldn’t have.” Scrooge brushed a hand over his hair, as if he were still searching for his long-lost hat.

“I wanted to kiss her too,” Dum mumbled, walking away, kicking at the ground.

My gaze shot to Scrooge where he squatted next to me. I couldn’t help my eyes dropping, tracing his delicious lips, knowing they had been on mine and I had no recollection. Dammit. That was not fair. It was probably the only chance I might get, and I wasn’t even awake for it.

Alice, he wasn’t kissing you, you idiot. He was saving your life.

I shook my head, clearing my throat, looking away from him. My lungs still burned and struggled to take in full gulps of air.

“What happened?” I glanced around at everyone. Dee stood next to Scrooge, Hare on the other side, slouched into a snowbank. Penguin sat at my feet, once again lost in his own world, singing “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” while throwing snow in the air and letting it rain down on him.

“An LSS.” Scrooge scrubbed his neck, his eyes darting everywhere but mine. “A Liquefied Snow Sink.”

“A snow trap.” Hare picked at the nettles still in his fur.

“A what?” I folded the threads of the shirt still hanging on for life around me as I sat up.

“It’s similar to quicksand.” Scrooge stared at his beat-up black boots. “They are all over this mountain, and most likely you won’t realize you found one until it’s too late.”

“Again.” I chomped my teeth together. “Something you should have told me.”

Scrooge’s bright blue irises locked on mine.

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