Chapter 95

Nathan’s time was up. 33

Thirty-three

The dark laughter continued, growing louder, raking Nathan’s ears as it bounced off the walls of the car that suddenly no longer existed. There were no walls. There was no car. Everything around Nathan was black and empty. Only Sasha was whole. Only Sasha was real and solid beside him. Only Sasha.

AndJim

Nathan turned to look where the backseat had been at the form of his brother, the source of that horrible laugh, and saw Jim grinning cruelly in the darkness. That darkness seemed to emanate from him, to originate from some greater darkness inside of Jim. His eyes were dark and slit, his mouth open as he laughed again.

“Jim…”

“You know you can’t escape it, Nathan,” said a voice, close beside Nathan but not from Sasha and not from Jim. The voice was familiar, but Nathan didn’t recognize it for what it was until he turned to look in front of him and met another pair of slit eyes.Greenslit eyes. And his own smirking face.