Available Darkness Season 2

to the portal, the light illuminated them better so John could finally make out their shapes — three women and a man.
    No, correction:A man, two women, and a child.
    “Abigail!” he said, staring at the screen trying to will what had already happened from happening.
    Who is she with? Are they Harbinger?
    The woman and man went into the portal and vanished. The other woman, who John now realized wasn’t much older than Abigail, held out her hand for Abigail.
    Abigail took it, and they disappeared into the portal.
    John’s heart sank.
    “What was that?” Hope asked.
    “That’s the girl we’ve been looking for. And she just went to Otherworld with people I don’t even know.”
    “Oh, my God,” Hope said as the gravity of what they’d seen sank in.
    John immediately began watching the video again, trying to gleam anything useful from it. Larry looked down at John, “We have to go after her.”
    John looked up at Larry, and then at Hope. He couldn’t bear to be apart from her again. But at the same time, Larry didn’t need to argue on Abigail’s behalf. The girl was in more danger than ever, especially if she was with Jacob’s people.
    “Yes,” John said.
    “I’m going with you,” Hope said.
    “No,” John said, “It’s too dangerous. I’ll come back for you, I promise.”
    “No,” Hope snapped, her voice firm, her eyes serious. “I’m tired of running. I’m tired of hiding. I’m tired of not knowing what’s happening.” Her eyes welled up, but she fought back the tears. “You asked me before if I loved you, as in past tense, or still love you. The answer is love, John. I love you. I will always love you. But you can’t do this again. I can’t lose another decade living a life that isn’t mine. I want to come with you.”
    There was no way John could allow her to come.
    “It’s too dangerous. God only knows what lays on the other side of the portal. Jacob is there. My father, the king of the vampires, and my brother, Caleb, who has turned to the Darkness, if Jacob is to be believed. It’s a suicide mission if I go alone,” John said. “I can’t even fathom what would happen to you.”
    “If you die,” Hope said, “then we die together.”
    “Make that three,” Larry said. “Let’s take a trip.”

    TO BE CONTINUED…
    IN SEASON THREE, THE STUNNING FINALE TO THE AVAILABLE DARKNESS TRILOGY
    COMING LATE 2013 or EARLY 2014

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A NOTE ABOUT OUR 2013 SCHEDULE

    In 2012, we wanted Collective Inkwell to do what no one else had done — to transport the scripted serial model we loved so much from TV over to the world of digital reading. This meant not only following the signposts of plot, character, suspense and — of course — cliffhangers, it meant sticking to an ambitious weekly release schedule. Like HBO, AMC, Showtime, or any other quality network, Collective Inkwell had a fresh “episode” each week, and when one “show” ended its season, we had another ready to go.
    Last year we published two seasons of Yesterday’s Gone, one each of Available Darkness, ForNevermore, WhiteSpace, Z 2134 , and Monstrous — plus seven Dark Crossings , short stories with killer endings.

    AND NOW WE’RE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN!
    The Collective Inkwell is back for our 2013 season, and this year we’re promising readers an even bigger and better year, starting February 12!
    Our prior serialized schedule followed the old TV model with the release of six episodes and then, on the seventh week, the season compilation. However, this forced people who wanted the full season to wait to read it.

    NOT ANYMORE!

    Now we’re ignoring where TV is, and paying attention to where it’s going.
    One of serialized drama’s great strengths in the age of video on demand, is bulk season viewing of shows. While some people (like Dave) love the weekly wait and slow torture of killer cliffhangers, others (like Sean) love to plow through a season all at once.
    So why not give you BOTH options?
    For our 2013 season, Collective Inkwell will offer our indie series (everything but Z 2134 and Monstrous ) two ways — weekly or all-at-once.
    Fans of weekly installments will still have the option to read as they wish. We’ll be releasing all six episodes of each series in weekly format with our famous brand of WTF cliffhangers!
    But …
    … You’ll also have the option of buying the full season immediately!

THE FREE EXPERIMENT

    We’re also trying something new.
    We will be giving each episode away