Chapter 98: Worth (1)
A sense of foreboding filled me. I felt like I shouldn’t answer. However, Clara seemed indifferent to whether I responded or not. She flipped through the pages of her notebook as if reading a novel, stopping at the very last page. Then, she shoved the slot in front of my eyes.
“How did you get this?”
Even Liam Moore hadn’t noticed this secret of mine. My eyes involuntarily flickered, and Clara’s smile deepened.
“I can see the dates. You can store your time. Yes, this is… closer to a primordial force than magic. It’s connected to you… But things like this, Jane…”
Her dry fingers dug into the page. The paper didn’t tear, but it resisted her touch. Light flickered. Somewhere, thunder rumbled, and I heard the sky’s roar.
I felt the force tearing the connection between me and the notebook. The notebook screamed. I screamed, too.
“No, no, what are you doing?!”
A searing pain raked through my heart. My heart pounded rapidly, then fell with a loud thud, repeatedly.
My vision, blackening and returning, revealed someone. Someone was squeezing my heart. It wasn’t Clara Barnum, but someone behind her….