The Moments Between by Christina J. Thompson

Author:Christina J. Thompson [Thompson, Christina J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-09-12T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

She was standing on a mountaintop, gazing at a staircase carved into granite. She tilted her head back; a massive bridge hung in the air high above her, and she could feel it calling to her.

The pocketwatch was clutched tightly in her hand, and she glanced down at its face. Its hand hovered a mere hair before the final number, and she could almost hear the clockwork inside the shiny case wheeze and gasp with its final breath. A sense of urgency rushed through her veins, and she knew she had no choice. She placed her foot on the first step.

She blinked, and now she was standing on the bridge, staring down at the gaping maw of a ravine that lay miles below her. Eli stood before her, his eyes full of pain.

“Take my hand, Laice,” he said, reaching for her. “Your time has run out.”

“She’s mine!”

Her angel stood behind her, its eyes full of rage as it screamed.

“SHE’S MINE!”

Eli ignored it, his hand still outstretched.

“Take my hand,” he repeated. “Hurry, Laice, there is no other way.”

TOCK!

The tiny sound was barely audible, but it resonated through every fiber of her being. She glanced down at the watch just in time to see the hand move to zero, and a moment later a low rumble rose up from the earth. She looked up in wide-eyed fear as the bridge started shaking, the rock fracturing into pieces beneath her feet.

Eli’s eyes filled with tears. The bridge began to crumble, and her stomach leaped into her throat as the structure gave way with a final, ear-piercing crack…

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