Empath by Evans S. Usher

Author:Evans, S. Usher [Evans, S. Usher]
Language: eng
Format: epub

CHAPTER TEN

Mairwan continued to drift in and out of consciousness, but Lauren just knew she was going to be fine, and she told Aerona as much. Siors was in agreement, although he stayed through a cold dinner of bread and cheese. Cefin left soon after, saying he was taking the night shift again, and Eddy and Aerona, exhausted from the day, were asleep soon after the plates were cleared away.

Only Lauren remained alert and awake, offering to keep watch over Mairwan through the night. It wasn't like she was planning to sleep ever again; she was afraid what would happen if the Anghenfil was able to penetrate her mind. She could feel it back there, moving around in the space reserved for terrifying thoughts. She was still on the cliff, and it was at the bottom, waiting for her to slip off.

She rubbed her face, wishing she could just turn off her mind for once. Mairwan slept peacefully beside her, and Lauren brushed aside some of her hair to relish in the quiet calm of the sleeping mind. When Lauren lifted her fingers, she felt better for a moment, until her fears washed back of her.

One day, Mairwan would regain full consciousness. Then she would tell her mother how Lauren brought the Anghenfil to the village in her mind, how they were both nearly killed because Lauren couldn't handle it. And then what would Aerona do? Kick her out?

Lauren's panic resurfaced, and although she did her best to quiet it, but it continued boiling. Every question grew louder and louder in her head. She was a ticking time bomb, and things were going to blow up any day now. Either the villagers would find out or the monster would tire of waiting and return for what it came for.

And what would these people do when it did? If it was a matter of saving themselves or saving her, a stranger with no connections to this land, they would give the monster what it wanted, she was sure.

She could feel herself slipping down into the darkness and struggled to keep herself afloat. It was the sadness that attracted the Anghenfil. When she fell deeper into her dark thoughts, that's when it appeared.

Needing a distraction, Lauren stood up and walked to the door, stepping outside to get some fresh air. She turned to look at Aerona's house, ghostly in the moonlight and reminding her of the vision. The desire to go home boiled to the surface again, and she wished there was some way that she could just break free of this world and go home, go to a place where monsters only existed in the movies. Where the worst thing she had to deal with was whether she made it to work on time. Where she could just show up at her mom's house and spend the night when she had a bad day, or could spend time with her childhood friends. But she was stuck in this stupid world, tangled in circumstances out of her control, and happiness remained firmly out of reach.

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