Altered Reality by Jada Fisher

Author:Jada Fisher [Fisher, Jada]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fairfield Publishing
Published: 2018-08-13T22:00:00+00:00

9

Actually, Research Papers are the Worst

I was ready when they came the next day, bright and early and with clanging steps. Unfortunately, I hadn’t dreamt at all in my little escape from consciousness, which really threw me for a loop. I was so close to Mickey, why weren’t we communicating nearly as much as we had been before? It didn’t make sense.

However, it wasn’t the guards that I expected. Instead, it was Galvinod, complete with a full breakfast tray and several waterskins hanging from his belt.

On a side note, I had hung out with the fancy pants dragons in my world for too long if I could recognize a handcrafted, leather waterskin on sight.

“Hello there, my songbird. I imagine you’re hungry.”

Mal sat up and scooted all the way back against the wall, her lips pressed into a thin line. I could tell she was hovering somewhere between horrified and hungry, but that food really did smell good.

“What do you want?” she growled.

“To thank you, actually. Because of the little friends you have in tow, I seem to have reclaimed all my previous status, and a good bit of wealth as a reward. I figure the least I could do is feed you.”

But even I could tell there was an ulterior motive, and I decided to help the other-dimensional version of my friend.

“What’s in it for you?” I asked.

“Why does something have to be in it for me? Can’t I just be grateful?”

I affixed him with my most patient look. “I suppose it’s a possibility, but it’s not very probable.”

“Fair enough,” he laughed lightly and put a little bit of what looked like bacon onto a biscuit with an over easy egg. He handed it through the bars, and I stared at it for several moments before carefully taking it.

When nothing terrible happened, like Galvinod trying to pull me through the bars or smacking the food out of my hands, I passed it over to Mal. I figured she needed it more than any of us. She too hesitated for a moment, then quickly devoured it in one large bite.

“After all of this is said and done, and the prince is marching his forces into your world, I might have been promised to have you back.” He said it so casually, but it still made my stomach lurch. How could he talk about possessing another living, breathing person like it didn’t matter? “It would be nice to hear you sing again.”

Mal’s chewing stopped and I could sense that she wanted to spit it back out, but I laid my hand on her arm. I willed her to realize that I would get her out of here and make sure that she never had to see this man ever again once she was free.

She seemed to get it, because she settled back against the wall and shrugged.

“Right. I realize we have a lot to put behind us, but I think, with some clearer lines of communication, I can make it better for you.

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