Rebecca York - Beyond 02 by Beyond Fearless

Author:Beyond Fearless [Fearless, Beyond]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

ZACH'S KNIFE CLATTERED to the floor as he grabbed frantically for the solid edge of the hallway.

The surface crumbled away under his fingers, turning to powder in his grasp.

Then, finally, he found solid purchase.

Below him, in his head and in his ears, he heard someone screaming. It was Anna.

"I'm okay," he shouted, with his legs dangling through the hole that had opened up under his weight.

He couldn't look down, but he judged that his heels were still twelve feet above the tile floor below. A long enough drop to break a leg or sprain an ankle, if he was unlucky.

Under the circumstances, a break would be a disaster. And he had the eerie feeling that, if he did fall, the worst would happen.

Struggling to breathe slowly and evenly, he considered his options. Maybe he could pull himself up. Or if not, maybe he could swing his body enough to contact the flooring that was still solid.

He swung his legs, trying to lever himself up and out of the hole. As soon as he shifted his weight, more of the floor gave way.

"Shit!"

"Zach!"

He stopped moving, hoping that if he held still, the rest of the floor would stop breaking away.

With difficulty, he repressed another curse so as not to alarm Anna. But he suspected she heard him inside her head.

He should have listened to her. She'd been using her psychic talent for years, and in this situation, she'd picked up on something bad. But he'd charged up the stairs anyway, and now he was in trouble.

Her voice shot up from below. "What can I do?"

Not sure, he answered in his head, because he could feel the floor subtly shifting, and he didn't want to take the chance of doing anything—even talking—that would send him hurtling downward. Move out of the way so I don't fall on you.

"You won't fall!" she said, but he knew that was wishful thinking.

Her next words made his gut twist with fear.

"If I come up there, do you think I can pull you up?"

"Stay downstairs!"

As he bellowed the order, the floor vibrated.

More calmly, he added, We don't want to add any weight on the floor up here.

"You're right." Had she spoken aloud or in his head? He wasn't sure. Maybe both.

He might have examined the odd sensation if more of the floor hadn't crumbled. Trying to keep his motions smooth, he reached out to shore himself up, wondering how long he could hang there. His arms were strong from working on the boat, but he couldn't keep this up all day. Especially after his long swim.

Below him, he could hear Anna's footsteps clattering across the floor.

"Hold on. Just hold on."

Easier said than done.

Too bad his psychic talents didn't extend to controlling the physical world. Then he could float himself down from the second floor without risking injury.

It seemed like Anna was gone for years, and he felt his fingers starting to go numb. In a few minutes, he wouldn't have a choice about dropping to the level below.

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