Page 140 of Visions & Shadows

“What?” she gasps, her eyes darting between Raighne and me. “He can take your emotions?”

“It’s a talent I gained last night,” Raighne explains.

“I’ve never heard of that happening before,” Finian says, sounding surprised.

“Yeah, I’m never going to get used to the things you people talk about,” Jason mutters. He checks his phone. “Our ride will be here in ten minutes.”

Suddenly, the ground starts to tremble beneath us, and I jump to my feet, but it stops as quickly as it started.

“God,” I groan. “Thana said we have ten days. That means she’ll hold off on destroying everything until we get the chosen ones off Earth. Right?”

Brenna shakes her head. “No, it means we have ten days before the Earth is obliterated.” She places her hand on my shoulder. “You have to get the chosen ones while the disasters are happening.”

“Disasters?” Jason asks.

“Earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, and everything else that classifies as a disaster,” Brenna mutters. “That’s why we have to hurry.”

Jesus.

As panic tightens my muscles, Raighne takes hold of my hand, immediately calming me again.

An SUV comes down the road, and when it stops, we pile into it. I have to sit on Raighne’s lap to make space for Brenna and Finian in the back while Jason takes the passenger side.

“We’re going to need a bigger car for all the other chosen ones,”I tell Raighne mentally so I don’t freak out the cab driver.

“I don’t think we’ll be able to use human transport for much longer. We’ll have to risk waterfalls.”

My eyes lock with his.“What if I have a vision while shifting through a waterfall?”

“I’ll keep hold of you and stop you from going somewhere you’re not meant to go.”

“You can do that?”

“Together, we can do anything.”

Not thinking about the others, I kiss his jaw before tucking my face into the crook of his neck.

I’m just about to relax when the whirring of the wheels on the concrete starts to sound like a gale-force wind roaring in my ears.

I wrap my arms around Raighne’s neck, mentally crying,“It’s happening again. Don’t let go of me.”

“I’ve got you,”I hear him in my thoughts before everything blurs.

I slowly peek around me, scared to death of what I’ll see this time.

It looks like in a forest, the wind bending the trees while leaves and debris fly everywhere.

I’m hardly able to breathe from the strong winds ripping at me.

My eyes lock on a young Asian girl, and I watch as she falls near a pool of water. With fear etched onto her face, she looks up at the heavens.

Her black hair whips wildly around her, then she turns her head and looks right at me.

Relief makes her face go slack, then she surprises the hell out of me when she says, “My name is Sky. I’m waiting for you, Alchera. I’m at the Kegan Falls in Japan.”

I see the tears sparkling in her eyes.

“You don’t have long, Alchera. It’s coming!”

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