Family by Emily Thompson

Author:Emily Thompson [Thompson, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-24T23:00:00+00:00

The Vimana descended nearly to the ground, at the edge of a wild and shadowy forest. Howell and Arabel lashed the airship to some tall, spindly trees and let down a rope ladder over the side. Zayle quieted the ship’s boiler before he joined the others and began to climb down to the ground. Jeffery made swift work of descending, while Idris and the others followed as well. Harman went ahead, hurrying into the forest, to warn the gypsy camp of their coming guests. Luca remained behind to guide them through the seemingly empty forest.

When Twist began to climb down the rope ladder, Myra was forced to let go of him. Twist focused his full attention on climbing quickly. After spending so long in the constant contact of her full spirit on his Sight, he felt lightheaded without her touch. Having made it about half of the way down the twenty-foot descent, Twist glanced down to catch the next rung of the ladder with his foot, only to find that he was easily over a hundred feet in the air.

He looked up to find the airship seemingly miles above him now, barely visible in the clear blue sky above, while the rope ladder stretched down to him. As Twist struggled to make sense of what he saw, his eyes caught a sudden snap in the rope above him. The left rope of the ladder was beginning to fray badly, as if it were being picked apart by an unseen hand. His heart beating quickly in sudden fright, Twist looked down again, meaning to continue downward as quickly as he could, but now found himself hanging even higher off of the ground.

The huge forest now seemed little more than a small dark stain on the landscape, while clouds drifted by far under his feet. His vision swam and terror threatened to overwhelm him. There was no one else on the ladder around him now. He was alone, miles from safety, on a fraying ladder. He heard the rope moan under the strain as it began to fully tear. Twist gritted his teeth and closed his eyes. All he had to do was continue down to where the ground truly was and wait for Myra to climb the rest of the way after him. Then she could banish this nonsense from his mind.

He forced himself to continue on, taking each step diligently but gingerly, while keeping his eyes tightly closed. He heard the rope above him snap again, and again, feeling the ladder shudder each time, threatening to drop him into the abyss at any moment. Before he knew it, Twist felt himself taken away from the ladder by an unknown hand, and he stumbled onto solid ground. Twist opened his eyes to find Jonas standing before him, holding him steady.

“You made it,” Jonas said. “It’s all right now.”

“Thank heaven,” Twist gasped in pure relief.

A moment later, Myra rushed to him and took his hand tightly in hers, filling his Sight to the brim as her ghostly form reappeared to him.

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