The Darkside of Good: Jacob's Ladder (The Darkside of Good Series: Book 2) by Jeff Bacon

Author:Jeff Bacon [Bacon, Jeff]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: JB Chivvy Publishing
Published: 2019-11-25T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

THE FLUORESCENT LIGHTS FLICKERED AS I looked up and saw the suspended ceiling was falling apart. There was enough light coming through the windows to see the entire room. I was sitting on my butt in a corner of the room, trying to understand what I was seeing. I tried to stand, but my body wasn’t responding. I couldn’t even move my toes. I looked at the chairs and desks tipped over and scattered around the room. A large desk was pushed up against the door leading to the hallway with shattered glass all over the top. The dry erase boards in the front of the room had bloody streaks all over them. I was in a classroom.

I heard someone gasping for their last breath. I recognized the sound of blood gurgling in lungs while the victim suffocated in the last moments of life. I looked around the room; no one else was there. I saw blood trails on the wall and floor that led to where I was sitting. I looked down at my chest; it was covered in blood, three shots to the lower chest area. The gasping sound was coming from me. My spine was severed, and my lungs were filling up with blood. I had maybe a minute before I was dead. I heard screams from the hallway, followed by gunshots. I saw flashes of kids running past the door as they tried to escape the gunman. It was torture to sit and watch; I was useless. I wished with my last breath that I could have done something to stop this. My head relaxed. I had nothing left, and the room faded away as my brain shut down. Everything went dark.

I woke up and felt completely helpless. I laid on the couch and stared into the blackness. I thought about the dream and remembered the classroom from when I was in high school. The dream was so real, I had a hard time determining if it was a memory or a premonition. I shook off the feeling of helplessness and stretched out on the floor. I was so tired last night that I forgot to grab new clothes for today, so I stayed in the clothes I had slept in. I walked up the stairs and was greeted by an empty coffeepot. This wasn’t how to start the day off on a positive note. I ground the beans and brewed a pot of coffee. The gurgling sounds the pot made reminded of the dream I just had. I shook off the memory, filled my thermos cup, and went for my morning walk.

I tried my best to be in a meditative state, to only think of my surroundings and what was happening that moment. Every thought I had led to Azriel as I tried to figure out what his plans were. I hoped for some sort of wisdom or divine conversation that would enlighten me, but nothing happened. I got angry. Why do I have

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