L. J. Smith - Dark Visions 03 by The Passion

Author:The Passion [Passion, The]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-06-03T18:19:06+00:00

The Passion

But when?

Still rubbing her forehead, Kaitlyn toed her sneakers off and lay down.

At first she shut her eyes just to ease the headache. But soon her thoughts began to unwind and her muscles relaxed. This time there were no nightmares.

When she woke she had that feeling of desertion again. The house seemed too quiet, the warm air too still.

At least her headache was gone. Moving slowly, she got off the bed and tiptoed to the door.

Silence.

Oh, they wouldn’t leave me alone again. Not unless it’s a trap. If it’s a trap, I’m not going anywhere.

But she had a right to go downstairs. She lived here; she was a full member of the team. She could be going down to get a diet soda or an apple.

Down the stairs, then.

And she had a right to look around downstairs. She could be looking for the others; she could be lonely. She kept the right words on her lips.

“Joyce, I just wanted to ask you-“

But Joyce wasn’t in her room.

“Are you guys still testing-?”

But the front lab was empty. So was the back lab.

And the kitchen, and the dining room, and the living room. Kaitlyn pushed aside the living room curtains to look outside the house. Nobody playing hacki sack or Frisbee tag. Only juniper hedges and acacia trees. She couldn’t even see Joyce’s car.

Okay, so maybe it’s a trap. But it’s too good an opportunity to miss.

Heart beating in her throat, Kaitlyn crept toward the paneled hallway under the staircase.

The middle panel, she thought, with one guilty glance behind her at the French doors leading to Joyce’s room. She ran her fingers over the smooth dark wood, reaching up to find the crack that was the top of the door.

Okay, she was in front of it. Now to find the place Lewis had showed her. She shut her eyes and concentrated on the images she’d gotten from Lewis. They weren’t exactly visual, more like just a feeling of how she should move her hands. He’d found something around this level-and then he’d pushed with his mind. She would push with her fingers.

And then he’d moved over this way, and down, and pushed again. Kaitlyn pushed again, pressing hard.

Something clicked.

Kaitlyn’s eyes flew open. I did it! I actually did it!

Excitement bubbled up from her toes, fizzling out to fill every part of her body. She was impressed with herself.

The middle panel had disappeared, sliding to the left. Stairs led downward, illuminated only by faint reddish lights at foot-level.

The bubbles seemed to be making a fizzing in her ears now, but Kaitlyn tried to listen over it. Still, silence.

Okay. Going down.

With each step into the red dimness, she felt a little of the effervescence leaving her. This wasn’t a nice place. If she’d been a few years younger, it would have made her think of trolls.

At the bottom she groped for the light switch she knew should be there-and then snatched her fingers back. Too much light wasn’t good. If there was somebody in the room at the end of the hall, they might notice.

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