The Book of Sight by Deborah Dunlevy

Author:Deborah Dunlevy
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Tags: Mystery, courage, kids, magic, cave, thief, book, Adventure, sight, friends
ISBN: 9780984762422
Publisher: Madison House Publishing
Published: 2013-03-22T00:00:00+00:00

12

Distant and Alive

Everyone was already at Alex’s house when Dominic showed up the next day. They had agreed to meet at ten, and Alex knew he would come, to return her book if nothing else. She got the distinct feeling that this was a guy who always showed up when he said he would.

He did, though not until he was late enough to make Adam start asking nervous questions. Dominic’s face was impassive, but the look in his eyes said clearly that he had read the first chapter. Without anyone needing to say anything, they knew he was one of them now.

Not that a lack of need was going to hinder Adam from saying something. Or Eve, for that matter.

“You read it?” asked Adam.

“Yeah.”

“And what did you think?”

Dominic shrugged. “It was my grandmother’s story. But, you know…”

“And did you read the second one, too?” Eve asked.

“It didn’t make any sense. None of the other stories did.” And when they all shared a knowing look. “What? Is there something you didn’t tell me?”

“We just wanted to see if it would be the same with you,” Alex explained. “We have only been able to read the first two stories. But the second one we can only read when we’re together.”

“You mean you read it to each other?”

“Not necessarily. We just have to be with each other when we’re reading it or else we don’t understand the words.”

Dominic gave her a skeptical look that made Alex briefly wish she had the Mist’s flame throwing ability, but then he shrugged and took out the book. Flipping to the second chapter he began to read. Two lines in, he glanced up in surprise. Alex smiled as he dropped his head again and kept on reading.

Adam flashed Alex a conspiratorial grin and picked up Eve’s book off the bed. Very quietly, Logan took his book out, too, and they all began to read.

Dominic finished first. Alex heard his book snap shut, but she didn’t stop reading until she came to the end of the story. When she finally looked up, she saw that he was staring out the window, dry-eyed and motionless. Adam caught her eye again with a questioning look. Alex shrugged.

“I could read that a thousand times and never get tired of it,” Eve’s voice broke in. Dominic seemed to come back from far away.

“Believe us now?” Alex couldn’t help but ask.

“It’s the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen,” said Dominic.

“Yeah, tell us about it,” said Adam. “We were hoping maybe your grandmother would know something about all this. Did you tell her about the book?”

“She was asleep when I got home last night and in her garden when I left this morning. But I really don’t think she has seen a book like this. She told me that story was one her father used to tell her.”

“Still,” said Adam. “It’s worth asking, isn’t it? If she knows anything at all, that’ll be more than we know now. All this weird stuff keeps happening to us, but we don’t seem to get any closer to figuring out how or why.

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