A Mark Unwilling (The Reckoning Book 1) by Wondrak Candace

Author:Wondrak, Candace [Wondrak, Candace]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Keep your eyes closed.

I, being me, don’t keep my eyes closed on the mad run to my apartment. And I, being the stupid one, immediately get a bad case of vertigo as I let go of Cloud and stumble forward, knocking into counters and tables I don’t even remember having. My vision blurs, and I mutter a single, slurred word: “Toilet.” My legs are swept off the floor, and suddenly I’m in front of the porcelain toilet, falling much like an inebriated college girl and retching up whatever sparse food is in my stomach.

My hand fumbles to flush, and I wipe my mouth, leaning back. My eyes remain shut. I’m afraid that if I open them, the room will spin and frankly, I can’t handle that.

“Where is your cat?” Cloud asks, sounding quite innocent in the process. “I love cats.”

The nausea is unhurried in fading, and I barely move my mouth as I say, “Gone. The little fur ball ran away.” The Vampire’s presence in the doorway chills the air, providing a temporary relief to the motion sickness.

He seems sincere as he whispers, “I’m sorry to hear that.” I can imagine the unimpressed expression on his face, how his sharp features twist into a slight frown. “You should have listened to me, little Lexa, and kept your eyes closed.”

“Yeah, yeah,” I mutter, “you were right. Happy? I’m sure it’s not the first time in your life that you’ve been right.” Slowly, I grip the wall as I stand, wavering on my feet. “That was a heck of a ride, though. Every Human should have their own Vampire steed—” My joke stops when he sends me a disproving look. “—a joke, Sir Cloud. I’m sure you’ve heard one before.”

“Yes, and they were all funnier than that particular one.”

Ouch. The fanged Vamp strikes again. Remind me not to invite him to my birthday party.

I go to my room, grab a fraying backpack, and stuff a few things inside. Some of this, some of that. Out of everything in my apartment, I realize, I haven’t got too much. It’s a nice space, a big area full of furniture, but I don’t have a lot of stuff that I’d label as necessary or sentimental.

I do, however, find Xena’s favorite mouse and decide to bring it. I miss my kitty. But like everything and everyone else I lost, I can’t stop to cry about it, no matter how badly I want to.

I exit my bedroom, finding Cloud in the living room. The television remote sits in his hands, and he flips from channel to channel. Each channel displays either a blank screen, or an emergency broadcast, coupled with the same repeating message. Mandatory evacuations for the state. Basically, get as far away as you can.

When the government doesn’t understand something, they crush it.

Or, in this case, they’ll try to.

I peek out of the window, gazing at the street. Empty. “I hope everyone got out,” I say. Something doesn’t sit right with me, though, because the streets seemed empty for days upon days before the mandatory evacuation.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.