soldier on regardless of our failings. Knowing that
Master Alec isn't there to catch my mistakes is harder to deal with
than I realized it was going to be. I had much of the privilege of
teaching him, but even at a young age he displayed incredible
insights."
"I
know I'm no Alec, but with any luck Dominic will have him back on his
feet in no time flat. They can't be more than a few hours' drive away
from us, not if we change direction and meet them halfway."
"I
wish I could share your optimism, Mistress Paige. Mistress Dominic
has accomplished some truly incredible things, but so far her gift
does not seem to be under conscious control."
"You're
right, but there's still a hope. How long before you can finish
closing Alec up? I want you to get some food in yourself sooner
rather than later."
"If
I may be so bold, Mistress Paige, you are in dire need of some
sustenance as well."
"Yeah,
I kind of missed breakfast, but I'm going to call Dom before I go, so
if you finish up first I hereby order you to go eat and I'll stay
here with Alec until after you're done."
"Very
well, Mistress Paige. I won't contest your orders so soon after
having convinced you to assume command."
"That's
right, otherwise I might disappear with Alec never to be heard from
again."
"A
quote about the unwise nature of making threats which one is
unwilling to fulfill comes to mind."
That
drew a chuckle out of me which was interrupted by a yawn as I
realized just how exhausted I was. Considering that I'd woken up
feeling like I hadn't gotten much sleep, it was nothing short of a
miracle that I was still functioning at all considering everything
we'd been through since dawn.
I
punched up Dominic's number and waited as the phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Dom,
it's me, Adri."
"Hello,
Adri. I thought you were going to try and avoid calling us."
"Yeah,
but then I realized just how much we need you and James here. We are
in Northern Utah right now. Where would be the best place to meet
you?"
"I'm
not sure. Something unusual just happened and it might not be the
best idea for us to be driving right now."
"What
do you mean?"
"Andrew
got a call from Isaac earlier. Shortly after he got off of the phone
he lost consciousness. We've been unable to wake him since then."
I
wanted to start pulling my hair out by the roots. Every time I
thought I had a handle on things and knew what we were up against
another issue jumped out of the bushes and ambushed me.
"Does
Andrew seem to be in any kind of immediate danger?"
"No,
but…"
"In
that case, I need you to pack up and get on the road within the next
hour. I've got people here who might not make it if we can't meet up
very soon. I'm sorry to hear about Andrew's condition, but this has
to take precedence. I'd say that we would call and tell Isaac what
was going on, but I've been trying to get through to Isaac, or Ash or
even Kristin all day. I can't believe he called Andrew but blew me
off. What did they talk about?"
"I'm
not sure. Jess, I think, but beyond that I couldn't say."
"Okay,
where should we meet you?"
"Adri,
there are other considerations that you aren't giving me a chance to
tell you about. Andrew isn't the only one who's unconscious. I went
in to check on Alec's mom a little while ago and she's completely
unresponsive."
"You
don't have any idea what happened to either of them?"
"No…well,
there's one thing. Addison says that she was walking past Samantha's
room earlier and she saw flickering lights. Addison thought at the
time that Samantha was just watching television, but James said that
when we checked in the manager gave us a discount because the
television in Samantha's room wasn't working."
"Dom,
why didn't you call and tell me this was going on?"
"Because
you told me we were supposed to be keeping a low profile. James and I
thought it would be best to wait a day or two and see if they woke up
on their own."
Dominic
sounded hurt, but I couldn't entirely blame her. Some of my
frustration had
Master Alec isn't there to catch my mistakes is harder to deal with
than I realized it was going to be. I had much of the privilege of
teaching him, but even at a young age he displayed incredible
insights."
"I
know I'm no Alec, but with any luck Dominic will have him back on his
feet in no time flat. They can't be more than a few hours' drive away
from us, not if we change direction and meet them halfway."
"I
wish I could share your optimism, Mistress Paige. Mistress Dominic
has accomplished some truly incredible things, but so far her gift
does not seem to be under conscious control."
"You're
right, but there's still a hope. How long before you can finish
closing Alec up? I want you to get some food in yourself sooner
rather than later."
"If
I may be so bold, Mistress Paige, you are in dire need of some
sustenance as well."
"Yeah,
I kind of missed breakfast, but I'm going to call Dom before I go, so
if you finish up first I hereby order you to go eat and I'll stay
here with Alec until after you're done."
"Very
well, Mistress Paige. I won't contest your orders so soon after
having convinced you to assume command."
"That's
right, otherwise I might disappear with Alec never to be heard from
again."
"A
quote about the unwise nature of making threats which one is
unwilling to fulfill comes to mind."
That
drew a chuckle out of me which was interrupted by a yawn as I
realized just how exhausted I was. Considering that I'd woken up
feeling like I hadn't gotten much sleep, it was nothing short of a
miracle that I was still functioning at all considering everything
we'd been through since dawn.
I
punched up Dominic's number and waited as the phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Dom,
it's me, Adri."
"Hello,
Adri. I thought you were going to try and avoid calling us."
"Yeah,
but then I realized just how much we need you and James here. We are
in Northern Utah right now. Where would be the best place to meet
you?"
"I'm
not sure. Something unusual just happened and it might not be the
best idea for us to be driving right now."
"What
do you mean?"
"Andrew
got a call from Isaac earlier. Shortly after he got off of the phone
he lost consciousness. We've been unable to wake him since then."
I
wanted to start pulling my hair out by the roots. Every time I
thought I had a handle on things and knew what we were up against
another issue jumped out of the bushes and ambushed me.
"Does
Andrew seem to be in any kind of immediate danger?"
"No,
but…"
"In
that case, I need you to pack up and get on the road within the next
hour. I've got people here who might not make it if we can't meet up
very soon. I'm sorry to hear about Andrew's condition, but this has
to take precedence. I'd say that we would call and tell Isaac what
was going on, but I've been trying to get through to Isaac, or Ash or
even Kristin all day. I can't believe he called Andrew but blew me
off. What did they talk about?"
"I'm
not sure. Jess, I think, but beyond that I couldn't say."
"Okay,
where should we meet you?"
"Adri,
there are other considerations that you aren't giving me a chance to
tell you about. Andrew isn't the only one who's unconscious. I went
in to check on Alec's mom a little while ago and she's completely
unresponsive."
"You
don't have any idea what happened to either of them?"
"No…well,
there's one thing. Addison says that she was walking past Samantha's
room earlier and she saw flickering lights. Addison thought at the
time that Samantha was just watching television, but James said that
when we checked in the manager gave us a discount because the
television in Samantha's room wasn't working."
"Dom,
why didn't you call and tell me this was going on?"
"Because
you told me we were supposed to be keeping a low profile. James and I
thought it would be best to wait a day or two and see if they woke up
on their own."
Dominic
sounded hurt, but I couldn't entirely blame her. Some of my
frustration had
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