Floodpath: A Novel by Emily B. Martin

Author:Emily B. Martin [Martin, Emily B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780062888600
Google: IZLrDwAAQBAJ
Amazon: B08B67GG25
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2021-03-23T00:00:00+00:00

Veran

When I crack open my eyes, it’s night. The world makes a bubble around me, distorted even in the darkness. Shapes blur and bend at their edges. One detaches from the others, leaning forward.

“Ma,” I croak. It only makes sense—unless she’s out in the wood, she’s always the first to me.

“Veran?”

The voice isn’t Mama’s, and once I place it, and the dim outline of the face beside me, I can’t think why I’m in Lumen Lake. When did I get to Lumen Lake?

I crane my head. “Lady Queen?”

The person stiffens, and the more I blink, the more things fall into place.

“Oh,” I say. “Eloise. Sorry.” We must be at school, then. Blazes, I hope I didn’t collapse in class.

There’s a sharp inhale, and Eloise’s face disappears. There’s murmuring outside my line of sight. That’s okay—my body is outrageously heavy. The muscles in my shoulders burn.

I can hear rain outside. Rain in Alcoro! That’s a welcome change. My eyes flutter closed again, bringing no change in the darkness.

I think I sleep?

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