Chapter 62
Don’t go, came the ghostly whisper. I can still feel you. You’ve stopped but you’re not gone. Be brave and stay with me, Lainie. Just a little longer. I know you’re probably tempted to go, but let me tempt you too. There’s dancing to be done, and flying.
The voice wasn’t real. Nothing was real, only memories. Ethereal, ephemeral, ambrosial … like the River.
There’s so much of the world I still need to show you. And I have a present for you. I’ve been keeping it in my pocket, saving it for you. I know you’ll like it.
An echo of a loving memory tugged at my heart. It was a thread of a thought from long, long ago. Another life. Another age. Definitely another world. This new world was begging to be explored. It had so much that was tantalisingly familiar about it, and yet at th
