Divulged Secrets by Larissa Ladd

Author:Larissa Ladd [Ladd, Larissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Publisher: Majestic Owl Publishing
Published: 2014-01-25T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6: Cherry – Secrets Divulged

The fields stretched out around me as far as I could see, the cave only a dark shadow looming in the distance, but it didn’t feel like that in my mind. It was something terrible, inching closer with every step I took, and even though it would be a while still before I got there, I couldn’t enjoy the outdoors: the grass in the fields rustling as the wind whispered through them, the birds calling to each other. I couldn’t savor the moment the way I always did.

I hadn’t heard from Devan at all, not a single word. I’d wanted to phone him the next morning, and I just couldn’t bring myself to do it. He was the man; the onus was on him to phone me. He’d been the one to walk out, after all.

The fight hung over me like a heavy cloud. I hadn’t been able to eat properly, and I hadn’t been able to focus on anything. Even my senses were a mess; atmosphere and premonitions, they were all gone. I didn’t know if our relationship had ended, and it scared me. There was very little in life that scared me, but that was the biggest thing now.

I knew that I had come across as clingy. I had felt it before I’d said anything, but the fear of losing him had clutched my throat and I hadn’t been able to breathe and it felt that if I didn’t say anything I would choke. And now it seemed even though I said something, I was still choking.

The walk to the cave felt longer than usual. I always regretted it being over, the freedom I felt when I went there suppressed by what waited for me inside the cave, but today I couldn’t feel any of it, not the freedom or the capacity to dream, and when I finally found the cave and looked around me before I stepped through the crack, it felt like I stepped from one dark place into another.

They were all there, and they were already standing in a circle like the meeting had started, even though I knew they would wait for me before they did. It was all about me these days; there wasn’t a time when the order of business didn’t involve me in some way: fighting with me because I wouldn’t do what they said, telling me I was throwing my legacy away, reminding me what a disappointment I’d become.

But today when I stepped in, it was different. Today it felt serious.

I was aware right away. The lack of concentration was gone and I snapped to attention like an animal that knew it was hunted and would die if it didn’t pay attention. The atmosphere felt heavy, black, and the expressions on each and every one of their faces confirmed what I felt.

Nema was where she always was, with her air of authority and her expression like she was the head mistress instead of the high priestess.

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