Hero's Haven by Rebecca Zanetti

Author:Rebecca Zanetti
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lyrical Press
Published: 2019-10-09T23:59:35+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

Haven let the soothing beep, beep, beep of the machines calm her breathing. The queen had ordered everyone out of the room, saying it was past midnight and her patient needed sleep. It was nice to have a moment to herself. The window to the right of the bed was unshaded, giving a beautiful view of the snow and the frozen lake outside. Christmas lights twinkled from many of the trees, illuminating the armed guards who patrolled on a set schedule.

So she was back in the mountains somewhere. She hadn’t thought to ask earlier.

A dim light was still on in the corner, and one of the buttons near her would turn it off if she decided she wanted darkness. Instead, she lifted her hand to stare at her fingers. They were burned and blistered. Taking a deep breath, she imagined blue-filled healing cells flowing through her system. In her mind, healing should be a blue color. Then, in front of her eyes, her thumb slowly healed, the burn turning from red to pink to a healthy peach color.

Wow. Just wow.

Her eyelids fluttered shut, and exhaustion took her. Within seconds, she was flying through time and space, flowing through places she’d never seen. It was like when she used to visit Quade but her travel was faster somehow. She panicked, trying to control the flight as she’d learned to do.

Nothing.

She was thrown through portal after portal, through ice and heat and something wet. She shut her eyes and tried to concentrate.

There was nothing to grab onto.

Then there was light. She landed on a ball of wax, stuck, and then was sucked up through the yellow sky. She tried to grab on, tried to focus the way she’d done before, but Quade’s voice was missing. There was no anchor. She rolled out of another portal and smashed into a tree, a slim one, so she grabbed on with both arms.

Resting her head against bark that smelled like licorice, she sucked in air, trying to get her bearings. “I am not here,” she whispered, chanting the words several times. “Wake up, wake up, wake up.”

The wind strengthened and shrieked around her, throwing leaves with sharp edges. One cut into her cheek. Pain spread through her face, and she pressed closer to the tree, which had started swaying dangerously. She should be able to control this.

The wind lifted her legs, pulling so hard her shoulder popped. She cried out, her hands flailing, as she was dragged up and out. Over and over, spinning, she tumbled through darkness as if going the wrong way. The force continued to haul her around with no mercy.

Finally, she landed on her back on the rock where she’d been before—during the last dream. Hard.

Gasping like a landed trout, she turned to stare up at the reddish sky. The rock was warm and felt steady, so she took several precious moments to regain her breath, which had been knocked out of her lungs. The air smelled like sulfur and something else.

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