“Will,” I say, reaching the camellias. I press my hand against my chest, trying to catch my breath. Deep pinks and oranges stain the sky.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfE4zop2ayi
779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCrbTLbtOm
“What are you doing here?” Madame Pommier stands up from behind the camellia shrubs, an emerald pendant in her hand.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdR4Cyb2feP
779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5yJFD1TfON
“What are you doing here?” I say with surprise and a tiny prick of irritation at seeing her in our secret place.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeMPLBRMC4v
779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKRWhjbrKYX
“The veil is thinnest here,” she says. “This is where I’m sealing it off.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlG8J9CC7ia
779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhPmNbFKgz
My heart catches. “No, wait. Please. Can you stop it for just a little while?”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghGem3PEUh
779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ5enljBEhj
She shakes her head. “Once it starts, it can’t be stopped.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ21DaPXDgoV
779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJKBX3kvw7W
“No,” I murmur, clutching the bottom of my sweater. Will.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkPSS8ff7ZX
779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡALxhQ8YPKx
“Cami.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMnSeDu9nbW
779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4hrJUdcp6
My head snaps up. Roanna stands there, her giant curls wilder than usual. Her specs reflect the sunset, so I can’t see her eyes.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwE7QW0YgeG
779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2KZUNW9Rd
In my selfish desire to be with Will, I finally see Roanna’s side.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeD5R8cKVpI
779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0cCySMwr1o
“You were right, Ro,” I say, my voice breaking. “I’m sorry.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk92mJYEbEW
779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI445r3zYDF
Roanna hurries to my side and hugs me.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasAfpPQ2wK
779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0c7Rrb3uY7
“Cami,” an even softer voices says.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnq3cdxPS7J
779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡji8X0ASbBB
All three of us look up. It’s Will, but it looks like I’m seeing him through a frosted window. I release Roanna and take three big steps forward so I’m directly in from of him. I hesitantly reach a hand out, almost expecting it to go through him.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEwY4IVGSsx
779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzoRbCxDqdg
“Cami! No!” Madame Pommier says sharply. “If you touch him with this closing in progress, we have no idea what it could do. You could be pulled into his time.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGBWW4FM55
779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOqqskTNYt
“Or he could be pulled into ours,” Roanna says.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkqbpYaBpnB
779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGqorUxnuT
Her gaze is off to the side. I follow her gaze and see a pretty, young nurse standing there, faint and transparent like Will is. She watches us with wide eyes.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Bf8CEFMxF
779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ74B7dI1aR5
“There will have to be an exchange,” Madame Pommier says. “Equivalent exchange.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgc07nZkmp
779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkuf9F5Wvtg
“Do it,” Roanna says quietly. “It’ll be okay. I understand now. I belong there.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlBWmqHKDYH
779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVaeRjdLMaa
There’s a finality to her gaze that terrifies me, but the sun is going down quickly, and there’s very little chance to think about it.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡilowOJRx75
779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulvoLkWDGb
“Can’t you both stay?” I ask. My voice barely comes out.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4SbrHXFmc4
779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrnfBHT1c7s
She shakes her head and walks over to the nurse, holding a hand up. Turning her head to face Will, she says, “Just do it. Touch her.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb0LF4CiWrP
779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl7ocQI2OLd
“Stop it. I can’t allow you to do this,” Madame Pommier says. But she seems unable to move out of the circle she’s made in the dirt.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPK5JQvuAiH
779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPmhi465MTJ
Will’s hand closes around mine, and the image of him begins to sharpen at the same time as Roanna’s image begins to dim and frost over. She smiles at me. Her hand is locked with the nurse’s.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoEDW6nARe2
779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl0bMTYbUPV
“Goodbye, Cami.” Even if I can’t see the tears in her eyes, I can hear them in her voice.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPvab38cY7N
779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzLE5zNLwT
I want to reach out toward her, but Will anchors me in place. He pulls me closer to his body—which is warmer than it’s ever been before—and watches her. Through him, I can see he recognizes within Roanna the longing to be elsewhere and how it feels to belong somewhere other than where you are.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTeglNdYTSJ
779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLx2zXnParu
“It’s a psychiatric hospital,” I tell her, even though it’s already too late. “You don’t want to go there. You don’t want to be a patient.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8G79EY15LH
779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygdZyKpQEY
“A patient?” Now I hear the smile in her words. “I intend to be a doctor. Cami, there’s one more thing you need to do.”779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡql7HH0LOZI
779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ0nCwSKyYf
And somehow, I know what it is.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQyDYJPb7W
779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqloY0jLAFp
“Cami, don’t,” Madame Pommier says, taking a step toward me.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3IS4eeOYP
779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbsyH7gDVMv
The emerald glints in the vanishing light. I thread my arms around Will’s neck and pull his mouth down to mine.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0OmiJwyNP
8964 copyright protection775ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXi1lgRjlX 維尼

216.73.216.224