I think Addison and I made up. In an odd way Renee freaking out helped us. She’s sitting across from me on her bed searching anything on ‘cupitor’. So far she’s had no luck. I’m trying to channel Eliza or Nathan. It makes no sense and gives me a headache but it gives me something to do instead of sit there and watch Addison be productive for once.
“I’m taking a nap.” I say to Addison. “M’kay.”
I stare at her. “What?” she asks. “Move.”
“But I’m comfy.”
”Move.”
“Abbi.”
“Move.”
“I was here first.”
”Move.”
“You move.”
”I’m comfy and have a headache. Therefore I win. Move.”
“Abbi”
“Addison.”
“Fine.”
“Thank you.”
“It’s my bed. You owe me.”
“Yeah yeah I hear you.” I roll on my side and close my eyes.
And
Then
I
Start
Falling.
I’m back in the same spot as the last time I saw Eliza. But she’s not there. She’s kicking and screaming as she tries to get away from the men looking for her. I hear her voice in my head. Abbi. Help me.
How she can speak to me, I don’t know.
How do I help you?
You run as far as you can and hide yourself. They’re Mortalitases. They can and will hunt you down if you don’t run now.
They’re what?
Mortalitases, Abbigail. They’re hunters and they can sense Cupitors like me and you.
What’s a Cupitor?
Did you get my letter today?
You sent me that?
I did. Now run. I’m going to try to escape and it won’t be pretty. I don’t want you to see this.
I run as fast as I can but the Mortalitases don’t notice me. They’re too busy with Eliza. I find a tree that looks like the tree our tree house found a home in. I climb as high as I can and try to speak to Eliza.
Eliza?
Abbigail?
It’s me. Where are you?
I don’t have much time so I’m going to explain as much as I can as fast as I can. Ask questions when I’m done. If we have time.
She starts immediately, giving me no time to respond to her. She barely even takes in breaths. Just tells me information about what I- we- are.
You’re a Cupitor. You are extremely rare and it’s extremely dangerous to be one. You have all the powers to communicate combined, you can see, hear, feel and speak to spirits. Your sister is an Audientem, she just doesn’t know it yet. She can hear spirits and she’s safe being one. Mortalitases are what hunt the Cupitors. They sense us but they can’t communicate with spirits at all. They have the ability to change their appearance like the Virtus. The Virtus can communicate with others and can change appearances. It’s as dangerous to be a Virtus as it is to be a Cupitor. Mortalitases can extract souls. Because of that the Mortalitas species is very dangerous to the Cupitors. Vitas can feel and hear spirits. They are rare but safe. They are used as experiments and die within a few years of experimentation. I can’t tell you any more. I hear the Mortalitases coming. Good luck Abbigail.
