The Star Child (The Star Child Series) by Keyes Stephanie

Author:Keyes, Stephanie [Keyes, Stephanie]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Inkspell Publishing
Published: 2012-09-19T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

INTO THE UNDERWORLD

“Whoa! Oh,” I cried out as we were pulled through a waterfall. It was almost like taking a shower with one of those elephant-sized showerheads and stepping directly into the spray.

Drowning was at the forefront of my mind and I held my breath in the overwhelming onslaught of wet. However, when I began to get concerned about passing out, the water subsided and we found ourselves completely dry and standing in a wooded glen in the middle of the day. It would have seemed normal, like a public park, except that the grass and the leaves were fuchsia-colored.

Looking back behind me, I saw that we’d traveled between two tall pine trees with nothing but a narrow opening between them rather than the raging waterfall I’d been expecting. Calienta squeezed my arm, which was our unspoken signal. I was reminded that we were unwelcome here; silence was our cloak.

After a brief glance around the glen, I started heading down the path to our right. It was a dirt path, covered with rocks in shades of purple and turquoise. The rocks would make the journey uncomfortable, but the path seemed well traveled, and I remembered Brigid’s warning to blend in.

Walking confidently, I did my best to appear as though I was not having any trouble whatsoever. The landscape seemed gloomy despite the beautiful colors and the faint glimpse of sunshine overhead. The trees pressed so close together that there was very little space for the light to filter down. We were trapped.

Although I enjoy the quiet as well as anyone, this was certainly more than I was used to. It allowed me to focus too much on the magnitude of what we were attempting, and my mind began to dwell on negative thoughts. I didn’t like that.

The rocky path got steeper as we continued. Higher and higher we walked until the path ran alongside a precipice that overlooked a sea of pine trees.

In that instant, the enormity of what we’d taken on completely overwhelmed me. I wanted to bury my head in the dirt or curl up in a ball and go to sleep. Anything but continue this quest. How could I have put myself in this position?

Do it. Just jump. You don’t need to go on. Perhaps it was because I was so used to hearing voices by now that I noticed that this one was different, or maybe it was because Calienta’s posture suddenly mimicked mine. Whatever the reason, it dawned on me that we were both leaning slightly toward the sheer drop with one foot outstretched over the edge. Abruptly, I grabbed her and slammed us both back against the rock wall.

Bag, bag, I thought, what’s in the bag? It came to me. I reached into the backpack, pulling out the packet of ordinary household salt that I’d collected earlier, and sprinkled it around us in a circle. Instantly the emotions vanished. All of my senses had been turned off and they were suddenly restored. Sound and thought hit me all at once.

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