Alice's Insurrection (Alice Clark Series) by Andrea DiGiglio Read Free Book Online Page A

spoke on their behalf, to Him. “Dad? I need a favor.”
    “What’s that?” Paul asked nervously.
    “I need to go to the field of the damned and speak with Elizabeth.”
    “I don’t think that’s such a good idea.”
    “Dad, I’m alright. How about you come with me? That way you’ll know that I’m safe. Okay?”
    Paul rubbed his head as if he was trying to drag a better rebuttal out of his skull, like that would work. “Alright, but when I say we are leaving, we are leaving, understood?”
    “Crystal clear. Thanks , Daddy,” she said, kissing his forehead and filling his heart with warmth and love. “I’m going to let Cole know, and I’ll see you in the car!” Alice ran out the door quickly to keep him from changing his mind. She knew in time she would see more through her father’s eyes than either of them would like, but for now she had to think about saving Kokabiel. She knew that the peace he needed lay with Elizabeth, at least that was what she hoped.
     

     
    Alice exited the car slowly as the usual eerie calm set in. So much had happened to her she had barely had time to process it all. That place was imprinted in her mind like a bad memory, yet some good had transpired in the darkness on this piece of land, laying in anguish before them. She planned to talk to her father about the seals and the Horseman on the way home. At the very least, mention that she was aware of them and to remind him how much she hated being left in the dark, especially when it affected them all. She walked across the field of grass and up to the dark tree line. She sat down and started breathing deeply, allowing the dangerous emotions kept in front of her to approach her. She held her breath, turning the walking Paul, now frozen in place as she shifted through the souls, searching for the one she was after. When she found Elizabeth, she allowed her light to reach out to her and as she exhaled, the world around her caught up. Elizabeth’s soul was flung to the edge of the woods in front of Alice as though she were following a beacon.
    “You must be Alice? You’re quite the extraordinary soul , aren’t you?” Elizabeth asked. “Hello again, Penemue.”
    “Hello , Elizabeth,” Paul replied.
    “I hate to bother you , but I’m in search of some answers and I believe you are the only one who can give them to me, if you so wish to do so.” Alice didn’t want to beat around the bush, but she felt this was a delicate situation.
    “There is something unique about you , Alice, a warmth glowing inside of you that I have never seen before.”
    “I’ve been told that once or twice.”
    “I’m not sure explaining what I think you’re after will help, but I can show you if you promise to do one thing for me.”
    “Anything.”
    “Tell my family I love them, and tell them that if put in the same situation, I would have chosen this path every time. They are my world, my everything.”
    “Of course.” Alice wiped a tear from her eye , as the story of this poor woman’s soul was sad enough without Alice’s empathy echoing around her, consuming Elizabeth’s emotional turmoil. She hated how her empathy seemed to crave what those around her were feeling as if she needed to endure what they did to truly understand them at all. She began to focus on Elizabeth, opening up to her. To feel her pain, her joy, Alice’s soul reached out to where the story ended that was recorded by Kokabiel’s soul, if that was what he had. Elizabeth’s face was covered in a joy Alice had never known. She looked up from her newborn’s face to the face of the love of her life. He was happy, but was somewhere else.
    “Sweetheart, if we only have a short moment as you say , can we please enjoy it?” Elizabeth’s voice sung.
    “Of course , my love,” Kokabiel’s voice replied as he kissed her sweetly. Someone came in the door and told Kokabiel they had run out of time, but Alice didn’t recognize the Fallen’s voice. He looked back at his