The Timeless Trilogy Box Set 1-3 by Holly Hook

Author:Holly Hook [Hook, Holly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2017-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

We crash on the floor of the Main Chamber. Warmth envelops me and Simon pulls me so close that I can’t breathe again. But I don’t care. We’re away from the Wilhelm Gustloff and the horrible screams of pain.

“Julia. Why did you go in there without me?” He's full of horror. He runs his hand through my hair and I press my face up against his chest. I’m shaking. No. I’m sobbing.

“I had no idea.” I’m saying it over and over. I can’t stop. “Isabel…I had no idea.”

“She doesn’t talk about it much.”

“Whoever sank that ship murdered kids!”

“I know. It was beyond disgusting.”

I don’t know how long I sit there, curled up in Simon’s arms on the floor of the Main Chamber. It could be forever. It could be a minute. I don’t know. Time doesn’t actually flow here. I'm just glad he's here. Isabel must have gone and gotten him when I went through.

At last, I calm down enough so that Simon can loosen his grip. He looks at me, an apology in his deep eyes. Guilt creases his features. He doesn’t need to speak for me to know what he’s thinking. If he’d just stayed with me today, this wouldn’t have happened.

“Julia, I was out all day trying to find another member of the Timeless to go in there so we wouldn’t have to. So you wouldn't have to. I didn’t think you and Isabel were talking. I didn’t think you’d find the gateway to the Gustloff. But when she came and found me me, I knew. I had to go and pull you out of there.”

I slow down my breathing. The screams are fading now, but I know they’ll be there when I go back to sleep tonight. They’re waiting to grab at me and rip me apart.

“And you didn’t find anybody who would help us.”

He shakes his head. “No one is willing to. All the other Timeless are too worried about what could happen if we upset the flow of history. I really hoped it wouldn't come down to this, Julia.”

“I wanted to have you come along with me. I didn't want to do this behind your back.”

“It's not your fault. I wasn't around. You had no way to ask me.”

“Why didn't you tell me where Isabel was from?” I ask. “I mean, I know Monica burst in and all this morning—”

“Because it's not easy for me to talk about. And I don't trust many with my secrets. Those I do, I swear to silence.”

I look up. Isabel's standing there. She looks frail now in her black hoodie, sad, small. Her proud stance is all but gone now. She's the shell of the girl I saw on the Wilhelm Gustloff, hollowed out and ready to break.

I’m shaking and losing it again. I can’t find the strength to stand up from the floor. “Isabel, I couldn't get them. I tried.”

She swallows. “I didn't think you could. It's okay. We can always try again, now that you know what you’re going to deal with.

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