Pawn (Nightmares Trilogy #1) by Davis Sophie

Author:Davis, Sophie
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, fantasy, paranormal, young adult, teen, mythology
Publisher: Dabber and Baehr

Chapter Fourteen

On the drive home, I learned my mother wasn’t the only one who’d tried to reach me while I’d been at the Moonlight Diner. Devon had sent no less than twenty-five texts with a variety of colorful messages that all boiled down to two words: Call me. Elizabeth also wanted me to “call with all the details, ASAP.” And despite not talking to me since her outburst in the lobby, Mandy wanted a ride to school the following morning.

I dutifully replied to all my friends. Assuring Mandy that I would pick her up so she wouldn’t be forced to ride the bus came first. To Elizabeth I simply responded with “Typical 1st date.” A text message wouldn’t satisfy Devon, however. In truth, I did want to share my evening with her. That was what best friends were for. I just didn’t know how much I wanted to divulge. It had been Devon who’d first realized the connection between my electrical problems and the near-death experience. Taking it a step further, though, and throwing in the possibility that I’d been given a second chance at life in exchange for being some sort of afterlife minion didn’t sound like the type of nonsense she’d swallow.

I set my cell to speaker and dialed Devon’s number. She answered on the first ring, no doubt having spent all evening watching her own cell like a pot of water about to boil.

“Don’t leave out a single detail,” Devon demanded.

“Hello to you, too,” I said.

“Don’t play coy or try and be cute. I want a blow-by-blow. The popcorn is in my lap.”

I took a deep breath and decided to go for it, tell her everything. If anyone could get to the bottom of how I came to be an Egrgoroi without meaning to, Devon could. Even if she had to travel to the underworld and demand an audience with the Panel of Three, Devon wouldn’t rest until the mysteries of the universe were mysteries no more.

Surprisingly, she barely interrupted as I replayed my conversation with Kannon. She didn’t freak out when I told her that I’d been experiencing the dreams for the past week, or when I described the half-remembered meeting with a mythological ferryman. True to form, Devon promised to scour the ends of the internet and even the physical library to aid in the quest to find out more about the Egrgoroi and how I’d become one.

“Do you really believe all of this?” I asked her after she’d finished rambling off a list of books she was currently ordering from the local library.

“The question is, do you? History is full of people that could see the future or heal the sick with one touch. Wars have been won because of some twist of fate. Disasters have been averted and lives have been saved because one person changed her routine. How do you explain that if you don’t believe in people chosen to help maintain balance on earth?”

“Luck?” I suggested, playing devil’s advocate.

“No,” Devon said flatly.

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