That Way Lies Madness by Tuck James

Author:Tuck, James [Tuck, James]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Blammo!
Published: 2013-08-26T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

It was like music.

Ethereal and gossamer music drifting through my mind. Gently, so gently, it swept away my childhood first. The memories, too distant and detached to withstand, scattered like dust in the wind.

It moved insidiously through my teenage memories, becoming a rhythm, a drumbeat that drove against the milestones to adulthood, pounding away recollections and experiences that defined me.

First kiss, first date, first sex, first broken heart, first job . . .

First death of one parent.

Then of the other.

The presence grew, relentless, not a drumbeat but rolling thunder. Like the ocean, it swept across the skerry of who I was. Cold and vast, an immutable alien storm washing over my humanity. I crumbled before it, helpless, sand in a hurricane.

Hope flickered. Then sputtered.

I was nothing before IT, the song, the symphony. I was but a speck. A mote of dust in the eye of a god. Worthless. Insignificant. I had been arrogant to have even existed. How dare I?

My remaining memories washed away one by one.

My wedding.

My divorce.

My ex-husband.

.

My daughter.

.

.

Wait.

I pushed back. The presence in my mind paused, turning its malignant eye.

Not that. Not her.

Slow ponderous anger blossomed within the presence, scraping against my mind. Who did I think I was? What would give the mote courage to resist the storm? It pushed harder, seeking to drive the memory of my daughter under the weight of itself.

I bucked, planting myself on her memory.

You can't take her from me.

Hot, venomous wrath boiled from the depths of the presence. It rose inside me, lashing against the memory, scouring my mind, the crushing fist of an angry god.

I struck back.

Not her! Fuck you! Get out of my mind!

The god screamed at me and I screamed right back.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.