Excerpt As I Wake
Something is digging into my spine. A pebble? No. A
piece of glass? Maybe, but it’s round and dull. And I’m wet. Just underneath my
head, although I can feel water slowly making its way down my neck and into my
back, saturating every fiber of fabric. Shadows move in between rays of fading
evening sun from a window just above my head. Someone is talking. It’s a man.
Again, a voice I recognize. I must have passed out and can feel Ben’s hands on
my shoulders gently shaking me. As soon as I hear his name in my head I’m
relaxed and the cold, wetness beneath me no longer matters. Nor does the object
piercing my lower back. I’m lying on a wood floor moving the tips of my fingers
in and out of the deep grooves in the planks. My ring finger stops on a nail
sticking out of one of the floorboards. The head of the nail is round like the
object making an indent in my skin.
“Elizabeth. Can you hear me?” Shouts a dark figure
hovering over me.
I find myself in the same precarious situation in
this black hole of time travel. I can’t speak, though I know in a few moments I
will be able to sit up and assess the situation. I assume that I went deeply
into Cape May again, but oddly don’t remember a bit of it. Is it me they are
calling? It can't be. I'm Caroline, not Elizabeth.
Everything looks different as I blink my eyes open
and catch glimpses of the scenery around me. It’s dark and smoke has filled the
air. I can faintly make out faces in front of me and feel brushes of clothing
against my cheeks as people try to get closer.
These faces aren’t familiar. Where is Rebecca?
Where’s Grace? Who has Grace? I can feel my heart beat faster and faster,
sending me into a shutter of anxiety. I keep my eyes open for a few more
seconds, longer than I’ve been able to so far. Everything looks strange.
When
am I?
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