Nothing.
I growl.I am not giving up. There has to be a way…
I push up off the floor, forcing myself to move through the pain and walk over to the windows and doors. I need to do something to protect myself while I puzzle through these pieces.
I have to find Grey.
Help him save Nikiski.
Anythingto?—
A buzzing sound has me freezing in place.
Then I slowly turn to see Grey’s watch lighting up on the counter.
My lips part. I didn’t even realize he left it there.
The screen goes dark in the next moment, though.
Ashlyn,I hear Grey, his voice in my head the most amazing sound ever to exist.
Grey!
Ashlyn…
I’m here!I tell him.
Watch, he says, making me frown.
What?
But he’s still talking, his words garbled like he’s on a phone with a bad signal.
Don’t,he says.
Don’t what?I ask, confused.
Kodiak…
My heart skips a beat.Kodiak Sector.
Caves,he thinks next.But… watch… stand?
I try to follow what he’s saying, but my mind is already thinking throughKodiak Sectorandcaves.
Kodiak Sector is a mountainous island.
Is it possible they carved out the insides of a mountain to make a cave? One lit by thousands of candles?
I go grab his watch just as the screen lights up with an incoming call.Cael.
I touch thePick Upbutton and his face appears. “Ashlyn,” he says, appearing relieved. “Where the fuck are you?”
“I don’t know,” I admit. “Somewhere in Canada, or what used to be Canada?” I shake my head. “But that doesn’t matter. Grey is in trouble. He’s been taken to a cavern… I… I think it might be in Kodiak Sector. I can’t understand him well in my head.”
“Kodiak Sector?” he repeats.
“He was trying to shadow to Lunar Sector because I saw something… only I didn’t actually see it. I think his sister is messing with my head. Which, actually, do you know what this means?” I replicate the motion Nikiski did in my weird vision of her.
