[Somnus 01] • The Dream Alchemist by Chambers Joanna

Author:Chambers, Joanna [Chambers, Joanna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Sleep;dreams;reality;power;control;awareness;m/m;male/male;lgbt;paranormal, Fantasy, Contemporary
Goodreads: 35612821
Publisher: Joanna Chambers Books
Published: 2014-12-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Recently, whenever Bryn had arrived at the Tower, he’d shifted away as soon as possible. The pull was getting stronger each time he arrived, and it was better to get away more quickly before it took hold.

This time, though, he didn’t shift. This time, Laszlo Grimm was here—Bryn knew that for sure, because he’d manifested right at the edge of Laszlo’s glade.

Would Laszlo recognise him now they’d met in the real world?

He hadn’t planned to go searching for Laszlo in Somnus till he’d managed to alchemise the card. The trouble was, he hadn’t alchemised it, and, after days of trying, it was time to face up to the fact that he possibly never would.

There was no reason not see how the land lay.

Bryn took a deep breath, then rose smoothly into the air. Flying took a lot of concentration—flying slowly and hovering were even harder. These were impossible feats in the real world, and undertaking the impossible in Somnus required a dreamwalker to achieve a complete disconnection from his real-world self. It took huge mental effort, and that was not something Bryn had ever really excelled in. While he had a certain natural ability that had put him ahead of other new dreamwalkers when he’d first arrived in Somnus, he’d later found it difficult to develop those natural abilities to the higher level Dylan and Finn had achieved.

Today, though, Bryn’s elevation was smooth, and he managed a controlled glide over the treetops as he carefully scanned the ground below.

At last he came upon Laszlo, sitting on the ground in the middle of a clearing, his head bowed, his hand worrying at something round his neck. The man was like no dreamwalker Bryn had ever seen, nor any drone. He sat there, alone, seemingly without purpose, without desire. He looked to be all at sea, at the mercy of tides he could not control and didn’t understand.

Bryn had just been telling Dylan he’d been an emotional, impulsive kid, and the truth was he was still like that, still lacking in control. His impulsiveness hadn’t come to an end that day with the dogs. No, he’d continued to make stupid decisions all through his adult years, both here and in the real world. The only difference now was that, these days, he was more consumed by regret afterwards.

Now that stupidity came on him again, and instead of shifting away when he saw the man who’d tried more than once to capture him in Somnus, he lowered his body a few feet from above the treetops to a lower elevation, coming to a halt on one of the stout upper branches of a sturdy tree.

Sitting himself down on that broad wooden limb, Bryn waited for Laszlo to notice him.

At first, Laszlo didn’t react to his presence at all, but after a while, his dark head lifted, in the way a dog’s head lifts when it scents something, and in one fluid movement, he stood up, unfolding his long limbs, and looked around.

Then up.

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