Dating scene
What happened to Falinar? Stop! Take me back. They cant see me like this! Shan, please. The girl is beginning to return. She takes possession of her own unconscious skin as if wriggling into a wetsuit. Graceless, she slithers her way into fleshy cul-de-sacs and dead-ends. She comes to life as if somebody were blowing air into a deflated rubber doll. She cant work out where her arms and legs should go. Cant decipher up from down. Cant remember how to breathe. A crash came from the back of the house. She reads it again, eyes tired, even though she could recite it from memory. What on all the good earth happened? he asked. They discovered a grave near Broad River where Dakota shot Salyer. Someone burned the bones and poured different types of blood over them to degrade any DNA that might be left. They think its Salyer. I need to talk to Karen. Gabriel glanced at his watch and poured another glass of whiskey as he flipped through the rolodex on his counter. Nine oclock in Savannah was also nine oclock in New York. Hopefully, she would be in and awake. He patted his pockets for the cell phone hed been issued by the department. He refused to use the thing ninety percent of the time because he didn’t like being that accessible, and with all the tracking equipment available, it was downright dangerous to carry the things around with you. He finally located it in an inside pocket of his jacket and dialed the number. Sorry? he asks, confused. You want to believe Im normal, Gabriel. Im not. As functional as I am, I know my mind is damaged. Only one thing is holding me together, and thats saving my daughter. I don’t know what you want from me, but whatever it is, I don’t have anything left to give. But the shadow, the thing Gilliad had unleashed…it sounded like one of the Fell. She turned her back on the Holters and gazed directly at her teacher. She could see the same knowledge in his eyes, the same grief and shame. You havent got a story to hand in? Shell has heard enough. He clears his throat: a noise like a rutting stag in the still morning air. Steps into the clearing. The two men swivel towards him, startled, guilty. Rideal even looks afraid. What is it? Mina exclaimed, cradling her close. I slammed on the brakes.I know who Joshua is..