TRINITY’S POV
Present…
There was light beyond my closed eyes, blooming spots of color that penetrated the darkness shrouding my mind. I wasn’t sure if they were caused by the sun or artificial light, and my lids weren’t cooperating with me enough to open them and find out. There was pain- in my head and twisting low in my stomach- and an ebbing and flowing sense of awareness. Yet, no matter how hard I tried, I just couldn’t seem to flip the switch. Maybe unconsciousness was my body’s way of protecting itself from a reality it wasn’t ready to face. A last line of protection against Warren Nelson.
I felt him even though I couldn’t see him, his aura an oppressive weight that pushed me back down every time my consciousness began to surface. I’d never felt that kind of power rolling off any
