Slip Song (Devany Miller Series) by Jen Ponce

Author:Jen Ponce [Ponce, Jen]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2014-05-28T00:00:00+00:00

-SEVENTEEN-

I dreamt of roads. My brain burned and ached. Books flew by, harsh-faced teachers, language tapes, blackboards, words, figures, theorems until I thought I might scream from it all. It flew at me and inside my brain, expanding my mind and even my skull. Just a dream, I told myself when panic threatened to overwhelm me. I wasn’t sure how it was possible I was dreaming and thinking about my dream at the same time but there it was. I also intuited if I woke now, the answer would go away and I wouldn’t be able to get it back.

The pain I could deal with. Right?

Sharp lancets of heat and fire made me moan. Still I forced myself to stick with it and keep a tight hold on the dreamscape. Hell couldn’t last forever, could it?

Forever in dreams was a long time.

When I woke, I didn’t feel anything but lightness. I took my time waking, blinking up at the pretty lights glowing over my head. The moss was soft against my skin and I had one of those early morning moments when bed felt like heaven and I was sure nothing could ever convince me to move―until my bladder began complaining.

I dressed, slipping my shoes on last before putting my feet on the path that I hoped led back to the entrance. It did. Kroshtuka sat waiting for me, his lazy eyes assessing as I came into view. I wondered what my hair looked like, air drying as it had. Probably a frizzy mess but I didn’t allow myself to touch it and let him know I cared what he thought.

“Did you get your answer?”

My head hurt. Was that an answer? “I don’t know.”

“Perhaps you didn’t ask the right question.”

“Maybe.” I had though. I just didn’t know if I could use the answer. I wasn’t going to try it in front of him.

“Are you ready for a celebration?”

I check myself for pain or heartache over losing Tom. Loss was there but not the overwhelming pain. The pool had eased it. Eased my anxiety for my kids, too. For everything. It was strange not having worry hanging over me. It almost made me feel directionless. “I don’t know that either. I guess I’ll show up and find out.”

“It is a chance for our kind to demonstrate our prowess and physical abilities to potential mates.” He took my hand and led me from the cavern, taking it slow on the stairs this time as we descended in the cool evening air.

“Is everything about mating for you?”

“I find myself unusually intrigued at the moment.”

I snorted.

“Why do you doubt your fascination?”

“I don’t. I mean, I guess I’ve never thought about it. It’s just crazy that I’m so popular lately.”

His laughter left curlicues of desire swimming in my belly. “If it were only a physical beauty, I might agree. But you hold great power. That’s attractive.”

I tried out being insulted but couldn’t maintain it. I knew power was attractive. It just was, wrong or right. “I’ll have to figure out how to mask it, then.

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