Chapter 111
Ava Laughed. She sat facing her imaginary Zeke, who had been amazing to talk to. She hadn’t been this free since arriving at Phoenix Academy, and his dry sense of humour had cracked her up for
Well, she had no idea. The sun was still up in the sky, and she knew it was all imaginary anyway, so she couldn’t use it to judge how long she had been stuck in isolation. And even though this Zeke was imaginary, too, she couldn’t help wondering what it would be like if this was the real him.
The conversation had been light and carefree. She hadn’t steered it towards what she imagined was happening to her body in that dark room or what was happening to Zeke now
A dark cloud formed quickly and blocked out the sunshine
“Focus on me. Ava
She quickly did just that. Every time she had even the slightest thought of how terrifying her reality was, the weather in this place changed.
“I wonder how I’m even here,” she mused as she watched the dark evaporate. “I’ve never seen a beach before. Our forest has p rivers, but we’re not near the ocean”
plenty of Lakes and
“This is my favourite place.” Zeke said.
But how could she have known that! Was it the magic in the Isolation room that made this possible!
“Why don’t you tell me about your favourite place.” Zeke suggested
Could she bring it to life like this place: She closed her eyes and imagined the one place besides her house where she had been free, where she had been safest. And when she opened her eyes, the scene had already started to change. It was blurry at first and slowly came into focus.
preferred it when it was calm and not threatening to flood the valley below it There were no wolf territories beyond the river, so it was usually
And from there, she could see miles all around her. It was so green and spacious, untouched by humans. She was away from the large school that had brought her nothing but trouble, the packhouse, the
wasn’t Ava, the
“You should
really doubt you’d want to visit
would have better things to do, and she couldn’t imagine him not getting bored
Zeke said. “You’re not getting rid of me now, Ava. You’re
had to blush if it was all imaginary. This Zeke had said in many different ways that they belonged together. Her subconscious had to be making all of this up from all the dirty dreams she’d had about Zeke since she arrived. She had only seen Zeke laugh once, but here he had laughed several times; he had smiled several times. Here, there
couldn’t, and then he turned back to her with
looked belhund him as if he could
it.
e you real
And then be vanished.
two days already! Impossible.
when she was suddenly alone in her tower until his words clicked. She’d made it? Had it b been just
pam as she was harshly brought back to reality. She rolled over to her side with her arms protecting her stomach as
strike again when she rolled further away and glared at
the guard
3:17 PM c d
Chapter III
being on the cold, hard floor the whole time and partly
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