Chapter 21: Lost

Blue

Fuck.

As if the mess I was in wasn't enough, I was back in New York and..

A horn blared in my ears, and I turned so fast, my ankle twinged with the pain.

The car whistled to a stop, just inches before my quivering knees.

The driver behind the wheel glaring at me.

He jumped out of his car, his face red with anger and approached me with the thinly veiled dislike New Yorkers always had on their face.

I came to, and stared around, the hazy blanket draped over my awareness dropping away.

I was standing in the middle of the road. And the man had almost hit me.

"Are you crazy? You want to die?!" He yelled, his hands balled into fists.

I walked away from him, afraid and in shock.

How had I returned here so fast? I'd blinked and all of a sudden, was out of Kandare.

My eyes struggled to get used to the busy road brimming with people. This was the evening rush hour.

People walked past me in streams, knocking into me and hurrying past without stopping to apologise.

Everyone was always in a h