Sneak Peek #2

This week's snippet comes from Chapter Three: The Impossibility of the Life of Anne. Please remember that these snippets are not necessarily the final version that will appear in print and are subject to change.

     The nagging incomprehension in her was temporarily quelled. Perhaps this wasn’t her life she returned to and she was in some sort of afterlife. There was no sense to his words or actions, no logic to explain what happened between the leap and those moments on the beach. However, she was certain that it was his arms she felt around her in the air, as absurd as the notion felt.
     “I don’t understand,” was all she could manage. She could hear in her voice if not in her words that she was agreeing to his plea. Sure enough, from the corner of her eye she saw a group emerge and faintly recognized her travel companions. Out on the water the large boat from the harbor was a growing speck in the distance.
     He was on his feet with his waist bent down, his hands extended towards her as an offering. “Can I help you up?” he asked. Before she could answer his hands were under her arms, lifting her gently from the sand. Her feet were steady beneath her but he held her in place a moment longer. She recalled his words, ‘I couldn’t let you do it.’ What did he mean?
     “How can I know if I’m dead or alive?” Zoe asked weakly. Evan’s eyes widened beneath the thick carpet of his eyelashes, his eyebrows burrowing deeper into his face.
     “I can tell you for a fact that you are not dead,” he answered.

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