Chapter 13: Reconfiguration Summary

Nita hangs on to Kit as the sky grows brighter. Kit tells Nita that Dairine is okay, and he wants to leave. Nita asks him what he is feeling, and he admits that he is afraid of the light. As soon as he says it, he knows something isn't right, and Nita tells him to stand his ground with her. The light gets ever brighter and Kit can't help but ask if they've died. The dark shape grows smaller and smaller until it is simply gone and Dairine falls. She can feel it seeking a toe hold in Nita and Kit, and can feel them refuse to run, and take it somewhere safe. He screams with recognition of the light, and all its brightness, but would rather die than admit that he still wants it. The cruelest irony is that death's...