I had to take that deep, steadying breath before I dared continue. Thom wrapped an arm around my shoulders and squeezed me tight against his side. It took everything I had not to just bury my face in his shoulder and hope that everyone had forgotten what I’d just said.
No luck, of course. Not like that.
“I’ve been seeing things coming to attack us in fits and snatches for months,” I said. “Some worse than others. In hindsight, I thought some of what I saw were camazotzi coming to attack us, or the dirae, but maybe I was wrong—or right. Maybe my subconscious wasn’t trying to somehow protect me by slotting in new monsters.”
“That doesn’t make sense, Mar,” J.T. said, frowning as he moved away from the edge of the barrow, hands shoved deep into his pockets. “What are you trying to say?”
“I don’t know,” I said. “I just thought that maybe I’d just remembered the vision wrong, that what I’d seen were actually those and not something new and equally dangerous. It was easier to think it was that than to face the fact that we might have to fight more monsters before things realize that it’s best to just leave us well enough alone.”
I shivered. There were so many things out there that I didn’t want to think about, let alone talk about.
Like seeing Thom attacked by things that I can see and he can’t.
“Are you all right?” Phelan asked, brows knitted in concern. I shivered again and shook my head.
“That wasn’t a good question to ask,” I told him. “What do you think the answer is?”
“I’m thinking both questions were stupid.”
Thom shook his head slightly. “You could be right, but we had to. We have to know if one of us has seen something that might help.”
“I don’t know that what I saw could help.” I sighed, staring at the barrow. “We have to watch everywhere, because they’ll come from everywhere. We have to make sure we’re ready.”
I’m just not sure how that’ll happen.
What the hell does “ready” actually mean?
I didn’t have a clue and I wasn’t sure any of them did, either.
Well, might as well get ready to face more evil. However that is done.
Good story. Good update. thanks for the new post!