(eng) Kyra Dune - Dragon Within 02 by Chasing the Whirlwind

Author:Chasing the Whirlwind [Whirlwind, Chasing the]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

Mi Mi was in the kitchen cooking dinner. Alastair was still wherever he went when he wasn’t at home. And I was standing at the door to a room I had no business entering. I had never been in Alastair’s private study, but since he was Head of the Council, I figured he might have some kind of files or something listing where everybody lived. And I also figured the only way I was going to get Zack to talk to me was if I showed up at his house in the middle of the night and refused to leave.

I know what you’re thinking and you’re right. With everything that was going on, Zack should have been the last thing on my mind. I had a brother to rescue and an escape to pull off, only I couldn’t stand the thought of leaving without seeing him one more time. So there I was, doing something stupid and incredibly dangerous. I had no idea what would happen if I was caught, but it would certainly put a hold on things. And I didn’t think Derek could last much longer in his condition.

I opened the door and started to flick on the lights. Then thought better of it. If Mi Mi came upstairs for some reason and saw light under the door she would probably come to investigate. The window shades were up, allowing in enough late evening sunlight for me to see by anyway.

The study was almost as large as the living room downstairs. It was all dark paneling and overstuffed bookshelves, with a sturdy oak desk situated in front of a fireplace. The kind of desk that wraps all the way around, leaving only a space at the back to slip your legs under.

After pausing a minute to listen and make sure Mi Mi was still in the kitchen, I gently closed the door. I went to the desk and sat in Alastair’s leather chair in front of the desktop. If it was password protected I’d be out of luck. My cousin, Curtis, could probably have broken into a protected computer, but I couldn’t.

Thinking of Curtis brought on a rush of guilt so strong tears blurred my vision. I had left everybody I loved thinking I was dead to protect them from Megara and she wasn’t even a threat to them. I didn’t know why she had chased me down at the truck stop, but I was beginning to think it wasn’t to kill me.

Alice had lied to me. So had Zack. And it stung. I paused with my finger hovering over the start up button on the tower. I wanted to believe Zack hadn’t known he was lying, but I couldn’t. If Hannah knew the truth, no way he didn’t. He’d hid things from me and straight up lied to me. I should have been angry and I was, kind of, but it didn’t change anything. It didn’t change the way I felt. I guess if watching him kill someone right in front of me couldn’t erase these feelings then nothing could.

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