Pneuma3_27 by Serena Kearney

Author:Serena Kearney
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-03-27T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

I found myself alone in my room again.

This time Astra didn’t post Kailor at my door. I guess she felt Vega or anyone else wasn’t a threat anymore. I decided to let myself drift to sleep once again, hoping and praying that somehow I could see Reed’s face again.

I found myself in my playground. I looked around, frantically searching, but no one was there, just me. I sat on the merry-go-around as it twirled slowly. Why wasn’t he here? Why wasn’t anyone here? This is just a dream, nothing else. Why did I get my hopes up? I gripped the bars.

Something was wrong.

The gentle breeze abruptly threw my hair all over my face. I grabbed my curls with my hand and held it like a ponytail. I jumped off the merry-go-round as it twirled with the wind. I felt it in my mind and in my heart.

Something is wrong.

I dragged in a breath as I sat up from my bed and found myself awake. I ran to the door and slowly opened it, spying my head out the door.

No one in sight.

I went to the right as to go down the stairs, but as I was tip-toeing past Astra’s room, I heard arguing. The immediate tension was emitting from the cracks of the doors. I leaned my ear on it, but I could barely hear their voices. It was Astra and Kailor arguing over something.

“I cannot!” I heard Astra’s yell.

“You have to, she isn’t who she was anymore, the sooner the better, more like now!” Kailor’s voice was actually regular sounding, like he was talking to Astra, person to person, and not as though he were addressing his Queen.

“I will not let her die!” Astra yelled back.

A large hand flew on my mouth as it pulled my body, turned a corner, and arms enveloped me.

I was about to scream when I heard his whisper, “Shhhh… guards.” He turned my body to face him in the confined space between a wall and pillars.

“Dennis wha–”

“Wait.” He interrupted as we heard multiple footsteps pass us. About five guards hovered near our spot, talking about patrolling or something else. I couldn’t quite concentrate. Dennis and I were in an extremely tight space. He actually looked like the old Dennis I knew, his hair muddled with a plain white t-shirt and silk pants that hugged every muscle crevice. I found myself eyeing his lower region, seeing it hug snugly. I felt myself flush and stared back up to his face, where he was staring at the guards hovering.

“Keep quiet. They should go soon.” His voice leaping into my head.

SHIT! Did he hear what I was just thinking about? He better not have! “What are you doing in my head?” I creased my brows.

“How else is there a better way to talk without having to make noise?” Even his mind could be so sarcastically charming.

“Just get out. This is private.”

“Alright, alright, geez!”

I couldn’t tell if he left or not, but two can play at this game.

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