Sava

Chapter 62: Midnight Flight of Fancy

Submitted by PeteMork on Sun, 04/21/2013 - 18:59

They carefully eased the kitchen door closed behind them, tiptoed down the steps and moved quietly across the lawn toward the pool. Oskar hesitated a moment, glanced back at Hannah’s porch steps, and despite his attempts to stop it, relived that moment when Adrian had tried his best to take Hannah from them forever. He had seen it himself through her eyes, despite her attempts to keep it from him and, at inopportune moments, it replayed itself without warning.

Chapter 60: Sava's Secret

Submitted by PeteMork on Sat, 03/30/2013 - 04:59

Sava sighed. “You know how it works, Eli. What exactly would you like to know? Whether or not it hurt? If I was frightened? ”

She ignored the crooked grin on his face. “Did you want to die …after?” she whispered.

Realizing at once she was quite serious about this, he put his arm around her. “It’s complicated, Angel. My life was nothing like yours. You were an innocent child. I…wasn’t. “

“But…”

“No. I didn’t want to die. Actually I gave it no thought whatsoever. I had unfinished business to take care of.”

Chapter 59: Hannah’s Secret.

Submitted by PeteMork on Mon, 03/11/2013 - 20:41

“What did you say to Papa, Hannah? You’ve made him cry.” Eli plopped down beside them. She couldn’t help but notice that Hannah’s eyes were red, too.

“And Hannah’s doppelgänger just had to put in her two-cent’s worth,” Papa said, smiling. “How are you this morning, Eli?”

“I…I don’t know, Papa. I’m not sure I want to…talk about it right now.”

Chapter 57: Eli's Favorite Color

Submitted by PeteMork on Sun, 02/03/2013 - 20:52

“Hannah? Are you ready?” Eli stood on the edge of the porch next to Oskar, wings unfurled.

“I…think so, Eli. Do you really think this will work?” Hannah tightened her arms around Eli’s neck and wrapped her legs around her waist.

“Of course it will! You’ll see. Oskar? Are you ready?”

“Ready.”

“Sava?”

Sava smiled at her and leaned back in his chair.

“Jack?”

“Ready, Eli! Good luck, Hannah!” He hoped Hannah hadn’t noticed how nervous he was.

Chapter 56: Eli’s Karma

Submitted by PeteMork on Mon, 01/21/2013 - 19:03

In spite of the fact that everyone was glad to see her home safe, Eli could tell there were many unanswered questions that they pointedly avoided asking. And it was just as well; she didn’t have any adequate answers for them. Only Sava had given her any indication that he understood, but still he was angry with her, and rightly so. She had indeed been selfish on some level. But did being unselfish mean that she owed herself to them? That she should continue to live among them, knowing that eventually many of them would die because of her?

Chapter 55: Sava’s Promise

Submitted by PeteMork on Mon, 01/07/2013 - 04:56

Oskar leaned forward and sniffed the air. He was sure of it now; she had drunk blood. He could smell it on her breath, and realized there were remnants not only on her mouth, but in her hair, on her chest, and on her arms and hands. He wondered how long it had been since she had…fed, and whether or not feeding on blood would make her stronger than him. It wasn’t a pleasant thought.

And yet, still he waited. None of it mattered to him at this point. All that mattered was getting her back safely home – and to him.

Chapter 54: Descent into Darkness.

Submitted by PeteMork on Mon, 12/24/2012 - 04:52

Oskar stood there motionless, arms at his sides, unable to fully grasp what he had just seen. Hannah, sobbing quietly to herself, took Oskar’s hand in hers and squeezed it tightly. They watched Sava fly rapidly back and forth across the bay no more than three feet above the water, frantically searching for any sign of life… or death.

Chapter 53: Eli’s Ghost

Submitted by PeteMork on Tue, 12/11/2012 - 04:45

Oskar rode his bike rapidly down the hill toward the lighthouse. He knew where Eli was, but he also knew she was trying very hard to keep him from knowing. And he was afraid for her. And he was afraid of what she would do if he approached her. Would she just fly away and leave him behind again? And if she did, should he go after her; a pointless exercise since when it really mattered, she was so much faster than he? It had taken him days to find her, even with Hannah’s help.

Chapter 49: The Miracle

Submitted by PeteMork on Sat, 09/29/2012 - 18:51

“This fire was deliberately set, Jonathan!” Sava was furious. “Here’s what’s left of the timer, and the smell of gasoline speaks for itself!”

Jonathan couldn’t smell anything but he certainly wasn’t going to question Sava’s sense of smell. He was almost certainly right. “But why, Sava? And why the school, of all buildings?”