An abrupt panic, like a warning premonition, makes it impossible for me to speak for a long
momentHe watches the change on my face with worried eyes
?You don't know that The despair that softened when he found me strikes like the lash of a
whip?You can't know how much time we'll haveYou don't know if we should be counting in
months or days or hours
He laughs a warm laugh, touching his lips to the tense place where my eyebrows pull togetherMiracles don't work that wayI'll never let you get away
from me
She brought me back to the present?to the thin ribbon of the highway winding through the
Arizona wasteland, baking under the
balenciaga le dix motorcycle bag black fierce noon sun?without my choosing to returnI stared at
the empty place ahead and felt the empty place inside
Her thought sighed faintly in my head:You never know how much time you'll have
The tears I was crying belonged to both of us
CHAPTER 9
Discovered
Idrove quickly through the I-10 junction as the sun fell behind meI didn't see much besides the
white and yellow lines on the pavement, and the occasional big green sign pointing me farther
east
I wasn't sure exactly what I was in a hurryfor, thoughTo be out of this, I supposedOut of
pain, out of sadness, out of aching for lost and hopeless lovesDid that mean out of this body?
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couldn't think of any other answerI would still ask my questions of the Healer, but it felt as
though the decision was madeI tested the words in my head, trying to come to
terms with them
If I could find a way, I would keep Melanie out of the Seeker's handsIt would be very hard
No, it would be impossible
I promised her this, but she wasn't listeningShe was still dreamingGiving up, I thought, now
that it was too late for giving up to help
I tried to stay clear of the red canyon in her head, but I was there, tooNo matter how hard I
tried to see the cars zooming beside me, the shuttles gliding in toward the port, the few, fine
clouds
cheap chanel bags drifting overhead, I couldn't pull completely free of her dreamsI memorized Jared's face
from a thousand different anglesI watched Jamie shoot up in a sudden growth spurt, always
skin and bonesMy arms ached for them both?no, the feeling was sharper than an ache,
blade-edged and violent
I drove almost blindly along the narrow two-lane freewayThe desert was, if anything, more
monotonous and dead than beforeFlatter, more colorlessI would make it to Tucson long
before dinnertimeI hadn't eaten yet today, and my stomach rumbled as I realized that
The Seeker would be waiting for me thereMy stomach rolled then, hunger momentarily
replaced
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I checked the map on the passenger seatSoon I would reach a little pit stop at a place called
Picacho PeakMaybe I would stop to eat something therePut off seeing the Seeker a few
precious moments
As I thought of this unfamiliar name?Picacho Peak?there was a strange, stifled reaction from
MelanieI couldn't make it outHad she been here before? I searched for a memory, a sight or a
smell that corresponded, but found nothingAgain, there was that spike of
interest that Melanie repressedWhat did the words mean to her? She retreated into faraway
memories, avoiding me
This made me
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