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Authors: Megan Perry
Gavin’s trademark grin spreads from one corner of his mouth to the other. I missed his blonde mess of hair and his golden eyes. In our reflection we look like a pair, a duo. After today I’m not sure what is coming and even with his arms wrapped around me fear begins to grow inside me and I can’t tell even tell him.
“I think I like having my hair back, it doesn’t look so well, I don’t know emo?” I hit Gavin in the shoulder and he pretends to wince. “You are not emo.” We both laugh and turn from the mirror towards the rest of the room. For a moment I was almost able to forget the body on the floor, the practically naked mangled body in the puddle of blood and water. “So, are you going to fill me in on what you figured out from Koen while I was healing the others? Did you really have to strip him to figure it out?” I reach over and poke Gavin in the side and he squirms fearing I will tickle him. “It’s only partial information. It really isn’t much to go on. It really raises more questions than answers for me and yes I did really have to strip him.” I move towards the body and wink at him and then gesture for him to come stand by me “I’ll share what I have maybe a new perspective on it will help.”
Gavin finds his place next to me when I get an idea from somewhere. It’s like I always knew about it but it never occurred to me. I turn to face Gavin and take his hands in mine. I can feel our connection and it was like a surge or power and life flowed between us. I feel myself startle. “You haven’t noticed this change yet,” Gavin asks me. “Well, I guess if I said no it would be a lie. I was pre occupied while I was investigating our friend here, but I felt you pulling from me. I felt a tingling from my head to my feet and a pulling sensation like a powerful vacuum was pulling molecules from me one layer at a time. It didn’t hurt, but it was strange.” That just makes Gavin shake his head and grin at me. “Well, whether or not I’m a supernatural vacuum we don’t have much time for you to tell me what you’ve figured out before the other come looking for us.”
“Ok look me in the eyes and keep a hold of my hands. Try not to blink.” He nods in response and I start to focus. First I focus on the energy flowing between us learning its patterns and motion. Then I think back to the moment in time I want to go to. First there is a bright flash and everything begins to tingle. “Did whatever you intended to happen actually happen?” Gavin’s voice shakes just a bit as he asks and he swallows hard. “I think so,” I reply turning to look around us. We are now surrounded by a shimmering field of energy. I actually did it! “Well, I guess so,” Gavin answers for me. “So, how does this thing work?”
I take a deep breath and try to think. Nothing comes to me. I don’t know how this thing works but maybe.
“Gav, I think I just have to talk to you about what I remember and we can go through the memory, reliving it in a sense.” “Well then, let’s get to remembering ZZ!” With that I go back through the entire time he was gone and everything that happened. When the memory is over the field of energy around us disappears with a crackle. “You have to tell me what that letter said Zoe. I need to know.” He grabs me by the wrists pulling me closer to him his eyes pleading with me. I don’t know if I can tell him. I feel like I’m supposed to keep it to myself. There seems to be something missing. I shouldn’t have shown him this way. I could have just told him my assumptions; he wouldn’t have known I could have locked it away. I can hear gave pleading with me but I can’t think straight. I feel the more he knows the more danger he will be in, but he won’t understand that. I don’t have an option.
“Gavin, no one else can know. I feel like something is missing, the information is dangerous and not everyone should have it. You have to promise me that only you and I know about this and no one else. Please, it’s not safe.” I feel myself shaking waiting for his response. He takes a deep calculated breath and sighs. “Whatever is best, just hurry and tell me they are heading this way.”
About the Author
M. R. P. fills her bookshelves full of novels by great authors and aspiring novelists. She is a bit of an insomniac and her dreams tend to over flow to paper. Every character she creates has a touch of her woven into them and with every page she dreams of breaking all the rules.
Book 1 of Madness or Purpose Part One: Hidden Beginnings
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Book 2 Madness or Purpose Part Two: Finding the Lost
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