Chosen Dreams: A Young Adult Fantasy Romance (The Chosen Book 2) by Cortney Pearson

Author:Cortney Pearson [Pearson, Cortney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-06-02T04:00:00+00:00

21

Jomeini isn’t sure if she should move. Talon has been holding her for minutes, maybe hours, maybe never. Maybe this is all in her head. It wouldn’t be the first time. The man holding her in her fantasies was always Miles though, not Talon.

She pictures it’s Miles now. Never having been held by him before, her imagination has to do quite a lot of work to make it real. Miles Odis, her neighbor, her friend, the boy she lived across the street from in Valadir before she was taken.

She closes her eyes and gives in to the illusion. Her mind turns hazy. It’s been doing that a lot lately, since Shasa left. Since she had that vision.

Ambry seemed to accept everything she said about those cards. That’s good, at least. It was hard to hand them over. She held onto them for so long—she supposes that’s what caused her to snap.

Talon peels her away from his chest. “How are you?”

“You know, you’re the first person to ask me that and really care about the answer.”

That’s not entirely true. Ambry sounded like she cared. And Shasa. But her grandfather…a dry sob rips from her throat. In this case, “everyone” just means Solomus Straylark.

Brimstone, why can’t she just go back to normal? She wasn’t always like this, this…fragmented. This needy. The plants bend toward her, offering their leaves in solace, but she isn’t sure that’s real either.

“I’m breaking apart at the seams,” Jomeini says, her voice cracking. “The vision, it’s all anyone wants to talk about, but no one seems to care about the effects that what I See have on me.”

“I’m sorry,” Talon says, concern etched on his forehead.

“I can’t blame Ambry for wanting to know more. I did give her the cards, after all. It’s only natural for her to ask questions. I just…I can’t handle questions, I guess.”

She hugs her bag, hoping Talon won’t figure it out, that there are cards in here for him as well. It’s not the time. And if it was, she’s not sure she can handle giving them all away at once.

“I had no idea.”

“Not many do. Craven—” Her voice breaks, shattering off another frail piece of her. She folds herself in, hugging her knees and cradling into Talon’s arms. They’re the only thing keeping her from completely splitting apart right now.

“He didn’t get that I’m a person too, behind it all.”

“Ambry’s not like that,” Talon says. “I don’t know what happened a few minutes ago, but I know her. She’s kind, Jo. She’s a good person. She won’t expect anything more than what you can give her.”

Jomeini nods into his chest. “The angels must be ruthless, to curse just one wizard with this. It’s supposed to be for the good of the races, but at what cost? What if I’m not helping anyone, Talon? What happens when I have no more answers to give, will anyone care what will happen to me?”

Even Baba won’t care—he’s too preoccupied with his study of history, of Ambry and who she is.

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