The Outlaw Demon Wails
“I felt my body shatter—that was the shock—and then my thoughts tightened into a ball around my soul to hold it together—that was the miserable, dripping-wet part. That I was holding my soul together and not Al was a surprise to both of us.
Good, came Al’s grudging, almost worried thought rippling over the protective bubble I had somehow made about my psyche. And then came the push back into existence.
Again the bucket of ice water hit my thoughts as he shoved me out of the line. I tried to see ...how he did it, coming away without a clue. But at least I had managed to keep from spreading my thoughts over the entire continent crisscrossed with ley lines—the stretchy stuff that kept the ever-after from vanishing, if Jenks was right.
I gasped as I felt my lungs form. Dizzy, I fell to my hands and knees. “Ow,” I said as I looked at the dirty white tile, then brought my head up at the hammering of noise. We were in a large room. Men in suits were everywhere standing or sitting in orange chairs—waiting.MoreLess
Good, came Al’s grudging, almost worried thought rippling over the protective bubble I had somehow made about my psyche. And then came the push back into existence.
Again the bucket of ice water hit my thoughts as he shoved me out of the line. I tried to see ...how he did it, coming away without a clue. But at least I had managed to keep from spreading my thoughts over the entire continent crisscrossed with ley lines—the stretchy stuff that kept the ever-after from vanishing, if Jenks was right.
I gasped as I felt my lungs form. Dizzy, I fell to my hands and knees. “Ow,” I said as I looked at the dirty white tile, then brought my head up at the hammering of noise. We were in a large room. Men in suits were everywhere standing or sitting in orange chairs—waiting.MoreLess
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