Bone River
“I was waiting. Waiting and impatient, and that waiting grew and grew until I was so tense and anxious I did not think I could wait another moment.
Then I felt him. I turned to look.
Everything changed.
I rose to run, my foot catching the basket, upturning it, and the berries spilled onto the ground, a pool of them like blood, the basket rolling and rolling down the hill, the design woven into it—light reeds against dark—flashing as it rolled, and I could only stare at it, frozen. I could not mo...ve. He was here, and I knew what was coming, and I was afraid. I was afraid and I could not run and could not scream— I woke with a start, sitting bolt upright, sweating, choking, my chest so tight I could not catch a breath. I gasped, panicking, clutching my throat.
“What is it? What’s wrong?” Junius’s voice, sleepy and alarmed. He grabbed me, and I fought him, unthinking, still caught in the dream, trying to get away. “Lea, stop. It was a dream. It was only a dream.” He pulled me hard into his chest, murmuring, “It’s all right, sweetheart.MoreLess
Then I felt him. I turned to look.
Everything changed.
I rose to run, my foot catching the basket, upturning it, and the berries spilled onto the ground, a pool of them like blood, the basket rolling and rolling down the hill, the design woven into it—light reeds against dark—flashing as it rolled, and I could only stare at it, frozen. I could not mo...ve. He was here, and I knew what was coming, and I was afraid. I was afraid and I could not run and could not scream— I woke with a start, sitting bolt upright, sweating, choking, my chest so tight I could not catch a breath. I gasped, panicking, clutching my throat.
“What is it? What’s wrong?” Junius’s voice, sleepy and alarmed. He grabbed me, and I fought him, unthinking, still caught in the dream, trying to get away. “Lea, stop. It was a dream. It was only a dream.” He pulled me hard into his chest, murmuring, “It’s all right, sweetheart.MoreLess
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