Chapter 216: Summerlands

Laci laid in her bed, her head resting on the headboard as she stretched her legs out in front of her, a book, which she didn’t feel like reading, in her lap. Her side ached, especially where the stitches were, and movement only seemed to agitate her wound. She had hoped reading would take her mind off everything, but even one of her favorite authors could not distract her from thinking about what transpired over the past few days. Her mother left her alone, deciding for once not to call out of work, and Jayden attended her classes at the local community college, leaving Laci alone for the first time since she left the hospital. If she was honest with herself, she feared where her mind would take her. Since leaving the hospital a couple of days ago, every time she closed her eyes, she saw Rose and Renny standing there, wrapped in coils of magic, screaming in pain, their bodies jerking and twisting in the air. Those screams kept Laci awake at night.