Shadow Unit 9 by Emma Bull & Elizabeth Bear

Author:Emma Bull & Elizabeth Bear [Bull, Emma & Bear, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fbi, bau, behavioral analysis unit
Publisher: Emma Bull
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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You can’t control it any longer.

The power crackles under your skin as you grab for Bethany, hungry and thirsty and pushing free. You’re glad, so glad, when your fingers close on the armor of her boot instead of skin. She kicks hard; your nose crunches. You want to let go, but Emmie beats frantic wings inside your head.

Don’t let her go! We need her! I need her!

Another kick, this one sharp and hot in your chest. You can’t breathe. Can’t hear over the roar of your heart, the roar of Ammit. Bethany tugs free, scrambling through the mud, and Emmie drives you after.

We need her.

You need Dr. Martin, but she didn’t come, only these cops, and Bethany won’t help you now even if she meant it before.

Another blow. Another. Not Bethany—she’s too far away. You’re bleeding.

You turn away from the pain, away from the people shouting on the shore. The river is cool, soothing, muddy browns painted blood and gold and scarlet as the sun sinks away. It’s not far to Mud Island, Emmie urges. Her voice changes, demanding instead of soft. You can make it. You’re stronger than you think.

It doesn’t matter. Even if you escape, they’ve taken Emmie. Taken Meg and Lisa and the others, and no one will help them now. You’ll be alone and afraid.

You’re crying, all the warmth leaking out of you into the hungry river. It coils like a snake around your legs.

Don’t leave me! Emmie cries.

No, you think as gritty water fills your mouth. You won’t.

The sun vanishes into bloody water. Swallowed by the serpent. You follow it down.

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