Chapter 3
I held my breath as I stepped out of the stairwell on the last level and slowly approached my old room. Memories of the time I’d spent here threatened to overwhelm me and I pushed them aside, wiping sweaty palms on the legs of my jeans. This was not about me. This was about finding Ethan, helping him come to terms with his newfound abilities and teaching him how to control and harness them.
My pulse pounded in my ears when I got close enough to see the door was slightly ajar, just like in my dreams, although there was no light shining out from within. I wasn’t alone, and we weren’t in the midst of an earthquake, but the similarities still had me breathing fast as I reached out to push the door open.
Tears pricked my eyes at what I found.
An empty room, bed unmade, the chain t
