A Hollow Cry by Bee Douglas

Author:Bee Douglas [Douglas, Bee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bee Douglas
Published: 2019-01-14T06:00:00+00:00

19

Nora

“They just gave you all of this?” Yvette asks.

The harsh screeches of hangers sliding over and over along the metal wardrobe racks make me cringe. While I’ve been getting ready, she’s snooped through the dressing room. She’s already looked through the makeup collection, tried on several pairs of shoes, and has moved on to sorting through the many dresses.

I shrug my shoulder, swiping on another coat of blood red lipstick. “I guess.”

“All of this,” she hold up one of the shorter pieces Luna ordered, “just to sing.”

“I didn’t ask for any of it. Xi’s a little eccentric, and I get all the perks from it.” I run the hot iron through my hair a few final times. The ginger waves are usually unruly, but I tamed them down, leaving my locks pin straight.

She pulls out another dress - the one I wore the first night I sang at the Playground. “And it doesn’t bother you at all?”

Letting out a frustrated sigh, I put the iron down. “They pulled me from my life and dragged me into their fucked up little world. If wearing shoes that could pay off one of my student loans is yet another price I have to pay, then so be it. As long as the people I love are safe, I will continue doing whatever it is I have to.”

“Interesting. What was your life like before all this?”

I bite down on my tongue. Despite the fact that she made me strip down, I haven’t had any issues with Yvette. But I'm quickly learning the annoyance she brings out in others.

“I’m a nurse. I worked at a nursing home not too far from here.” I walk over to the racks of shoes, choosing a sky-high pair of stilettos. The thought of how much force it would take to knock her out with the heel stirs up a feeling of guilt in the pit of my stomach. “Between work and taking care of my sister, I didn’t do much else.”

“You sang.”

“Occasionally,” I say, “but it was nothing like this. Alcohol and off-key karaoke.”

Smoothing down the wrinkles of the black satin dress, I turn every which way in front of the mirror. The fabric hangs tightly to every curve. Ever since yesterday, I haven’t been able to look Kane in the eye. As I undressed, I could practically feel his eyes roaming over every inch of my bare skin. His eyes turned fierce, like a predator, and I sure as Hell felt like prey he pinned down.

Clearing my throat, I do my best to keep myself from remembering his gaze. “What about you? You seem to be all-knowing.”

“I am.” Her arrogant grin makes me dislike her a little more. “I’ve been around of two centuries.”

That’s a fact I still have a hard time believing, and there’s a lot that I’ve learned to be true recently. She looks as if she could be in her late teens or early twenties. Even her hair, a short bob with blunt bangs, is an up-to-date fashion.

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