EVO Shift: EVO Nation Series: Book Two (28 page)

CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR

The impact is painful. I’m not sure if I’m dead, alive, conscious, unconscious. I know that I can’t breathe from the pressure on my chest. I can’t tell if I am underwater or plastered on the rocks. My eyes are clenched shut and I open them slowly. Water surrounds me in a swirling, rushing ball. I hover in the centre, weightless, but very much alive. The detonator hovers beside me. I no longer hold it. Why haven’t I been blown to smithereens? Reaching out my hand, it easily submerges into the side of the orb; the icy water, wetting my hand and sleeve.

A sudden, gravity defying force soars both the orb and me into the air. The contents of my stomach barely stay in situ. I fight to stay conscious. The orb drops suddenly as does my stomach, and I’m on a small patch of shingle with the swell ebbing over my lifeless body.

Feet approach; expensive jeans, tan shoes, but vibrant socks. I look up to see an unfamiliar man staring back at me. I haven’t seen him before, but at the same time I know his dark eyes, his hair line, his ever so slightly pointed nose. He could be Jude just twenty years older.

His hair is full, well styled, but salt and peppered, and he smiles at me. “Hello, Theyda. I’m your grandfather.”

“Rafe,” I mumble.

“What you call me is up to you. I much prefer Papa,” he says, still smiling.

“Am I dead?” I ask.

He smiles. “Not if I can help it.”

He lifts me easily for an older man. A boat rounds the rocks and I can see Bo and Vin at the helm. The other gang members all eagerly look over board. A blonde, slim woman joins them- Celeste.

“The bomb,” I say.

“Dealt with for now. I managed to extract the code from Towley. The bomb development changed my plans, but we can make this work to your advantage.”

“Did you kill him?”

Rafe shakes his head. “Not yet. We still have use for him.”

“Are you E.N.C?”

“Shush now. Let’s get you well first.”

With little effort, Rafe pushes off from the ground and we’re airborne, landing on the deck as softly as if he just took a small step.

“You’re a Telekin too?”

“Telepathic Telekin
,” he says in my mind.
“I’m going to get you away from here.”

“My friends,” I say, a spark of life surging inside me. “I need to get back to Adam, to Jude—”

“For now, you are dead to them.”

The bottom falls out of my world and my tummy falls with it. The boat speeds away from the cliffs, followed by an explosion that rumbles through the air like thunder.

“What was that?”

“That was your death, Theyda. Trust me, this is the best way.”

The End of Book Two

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