The Lost Soul (Fallen Soul Series, Book 1) by Sorensen Jessica

Author:Sorensen, Jessica [Sorensen, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2012-06-27T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

“I did something bad.” There’s an ache in Alex’s voice. “Something I wish I could take back, but I can’t.”

I glance behind me, searching through the light. “Where are you? I can’t see a thing.”

“You shouldn’t see me right now,” he murmurs. “It wouldn’t help how hard this is for me.”

“What are you talking about?” I ask. “And what is this exactly? It doesn’t feel like a dream or a vision, but it doesn’t feel real either.”

“It’s you and I, Gemma. It’s always you and me. Forever.” He speaks in riddles. “And what I did—you have to understand, okay? You have to forgive me. Please, just forgive me.”

I turn in a circle. “Alex, you’re freaking me out. What did you do?”

He appears in front of me with agony in his bright eyes and longing in his lips. “I messed this up. Really, really bad. But I didn’t mean to.” He rakes his fingers through his hair. “It was such a long time ago, I forgot it ever happened.”

I take his hands, and stroke my thumb across the star on his wrist. “What is it?”

He swallows hard and his lips move for mine. I think he’s going to kiss me, but his mouth veers for my ear. “I ruined it,” he whispers in dismay.

I glide my hands up his strong arms and rest them on his shoulder. “Tell me what you did and maybe I can fix it.”

He pauses, his breathing faltering. “Our promise. I broke it.”

***

My eyes slowly open. I feel dead inside. I tell myself it was just a dream and nothing more. But the cracks in my heart are as real as what is in front of my eyes. Bars coil around, securing me inside an iron-rod cage, which is hooked to a tree branch. Leafy vines, dotted with pink flowers, interweave the bars. Below the cage is a small village thick with colorful flowers, green leaves and trees, and grassy forts.

The Kingdom of Fey.

I roll onto my stomach, the cage rocking. On my hands and knees, I freeze, stabilizing my weight as I scan the ground. Sprites glitter the forest. Short, fat, winged, teethed—they remind me of gremlins.

“Gemma,” someone hisses.

I glance over my shoulder. Vines and flowers sway from the branch. I peer through the leaves, wondering if a sprite is lurking in the greenery.

“Look above you,” they whisper.

My head tilts up to a cage suspending from a thick branch. A hand sticks out, the fingernails painted a bright shade of pink. “Aislin?”

The hand waves. “Yeah, it’s me. Are you okay?”

I check my arms and legs over. “I’ve got bites all over me, but other than that, I’m good. What about you?”

“I have bites too.” A pause as her hair slips through the cracks between the cage bars. “I knew they were mean, but not that mean. I thought they were going to kill us.”

“I know,” I mutter. Placing my hands on the bars, I pull up. The cage totters and I plant a foot and hand on each side, steadying it.

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