(Continues from Betrayal detailed in Fabric)
Jason held the blade level with his eyes
and in its shine, my visage reflected.
Shock stuck my tongue to my mouth’s roof. No cries
escaped my lips’ prison. My neglected
heart broke when the blade cut my tether.
A sourcless wind gripped me. I grabbed glass
animals and chucked them at the weather
separating us, but I was outclassed.
“Go to the other side of paradise,”
he said, his voice shattering the silence.
I watched Jason crumple, paying the price.
What had he done? It made no gods-damned sense.
I’d get no answers fighting to remain.
Yielding to anything’s against the grain.
In the end, it mattered not. I had no choice. Jason had seen to that. The wind from nowhere picked me up and carried me through the floor to ceiling window. Jason followed.
I turned too late to stop him. He hurtled himself through the glass and it shattered, shattering all my hope in the process. For a scintilla of a moment, he hung suspended. He was a soulful drop, a handsome thirty-something in a dove gray suit caught between despair and loss. But despite the wind rippling his suit jacket, he had no wings. He fell and I broke from my windy captor to plummet with him.
We couldn’t be together in life. Society forbid it. But he’d greet death with me at his side and then, he had some ‘splaining to do. ‘Cause he owed me some answers.
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Yes we we will! Thank you!
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This chapter is one of the standouts I think. There were so amazingly poignant lines here, such as the section Maria pointed out in an earlier comment. You’re getting better and better, Mel!!
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Thank you 🙂 After 10k words about this character, I’ve gotten to know him. I still can’t predict his actions though. This ghost keeps me guessing!
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Those are the most entertaining characters I think, the ones who never cease to surprise you 😉
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Another riveting chapter Melinda. I can’t wait for the splaining to begin 🙂
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Thank you. 🙂
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Soo soooo sooo agree with Maria!!! Those ending lines really leave me wanting for more!!
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Thank you 🙂
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always, my dear!
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🙂
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Edge of the seat is an understatement! Can’t wait to read the next one 😀
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Thank you 🙂 this is a bit of a departure for me. I don’t usually write such dark fiction but the main character refuses all attempts I have made to lighten his story up. Sigh.
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Oh, I love this take!
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Thank you 🙂 It’s a little darker than I’d like but you know characters. You can’t force them to do anything.
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Yes, I do know. Thank you. 😊
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Sorry I have a migraine. Thank you for being honest with your characters. That’s the best way to make them come alive.
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I hope your migraine goes away. They’re not fun. My characters don’t let me change things. Honesty is all I’ve got!
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I understand. And I’m feeling a little better. It’s threatening a rebound.
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Oh no, I hope you get some relief. I live with pain, but nothing like the hell of a migraine.
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So far so good…er okay-ish.
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I hope you stay okay-ish and progress to awesome.
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Thanks, love. 😊
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You’re welcome.
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I should be sad but I’m grinning at the moment!!
“We couldn’t be together in life. Society forbid it. But he’d greet death with me at his side and then, he had some ‘splaining to do. ‘Cause he owed me some answers.”
~this!!! ❤ Can’t wait to read what Jason has to say. Love it, Mel!
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Thank you! Our ghost is quite a character!
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