Velocity by Abigail Boyd

Author:Abigail Boyd [Boyd, Abigail]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B00CLSMIP4
Goodreads: 16002958
Publisher: Abigail Boyd
Published: 2013-04-30T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 17

WHEN I WOKE up next, I was in the emergency room at the hospital. Hugh was dozing in a metal chair beside me, fast asleep. The TV up on the wall had a morning show on. I could hear the faint drip of fluid in the IV attached to my arm.

Hugh stirred as I sat up. He reached out and grasped my hand. “You finally woke up,” he said, smiling in relief.

“What happened?” I asked foggily, running my hands through my tangled hair.

“Your blood pressure bottomed out. You passed out and we rushed you to the ER. It took a little while to stabilize you, but the doctor said you’re going to be okay. How do you feel?”

I squeezed his hand back. “I’m fine. My head hurts a little, but that’s nothing a few aspirin won’t fix. When can we go home?”

He shifted and sat up. “They want to keep you here until you’re completely stabilized for over twenty four hours.”

“When can we try the grounding stone again? I still want to see the rest of the ritual.”

His eyes hardened. “We’re done with the stone. Period. I told you if anything happened to you we would stop. I thought I might lose you, too…” He choked up.

“Dad, I’m fine. I just stayed there too long. Next time I won’t push myself so hard.”

“There’s not going to be a next time. Ever.”

There was a battle going on inside me. I knew it was foolish, but I was desperate for the truth. I had the vague sense that the stone had developed some kind of hold on me when I wasn’t paying attention.

“I was so close,” I pleaded. “I can just go back and see the end of the first ritual, we’ll know what stopped Dexter, and we’ll use it to our advantage.”

Now he was getting angry. “Ariel, you don’t understand. It’s not going to happen at all. The grounding stone is gone. I sent it back to Georgia.”

“Then get it back,” I said, sitting up, panicked.

“We’ll figure out some other way. There’s got to be another way.”

“You’ve shot down all my other suggestions!”

“Do you remember when you came out of your vision?” he asked, ignoring my outburst. “You said something about Dexter.”

I softened. I’d hoped he hadn’t heard. “I found out in one of my visions of Eleanor that John Dexter is my great-grandfather. He tried to keep it a secret, but she got a letter from the man who took her in. Her mother was Ruby, the girl who Dexter tried to sacrifice.”

Hugh was floored, staring at me in shock. “Why didn’t you tell me earlier? How long have you known?”

“I’ve known Dexter and I are related for about a month or so now. But I just found out about Ruby in my vision. And I figured out something else…she’s the woman in red.”

He stood up from his chair, still focusing on the first bit of info. “You should have told me. We just talked about this. Why would you keep such a big secret?”

I raised my voice even though my throat was hoarse.

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