A Torn Dream (Jade Book 2) by Lucy Rains

Author:Lucy Rains [Rains, Lucy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-29T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 22

I thought that a simple hour long nap would be enough to revive me and get me through the day. Someone tried to wake me at some point. They had brought some sort of peppery food and were trying to get me to eat. But my head would not lift from the pillow and I quickly fell back asleep.

Later in the evening when it was dark, thunder from outside my window woke me. I checked the desk clock and saw that it was almost ten. What time had we worked out? Noon?

From the moment my eyes opened the oppression of anxious worry pressed onto my mind. Footsteps sounded and my door opened. Kyson.

He sat on the side of my bed, his face illuminated from the city lights coming through my window. I waited for him to speak but he remained silent. Staring at me accusingly.

“Do you ever feel the urge to tell someone to shut-up but they aren’t even talking?” I asked. I grabbed at a nearby pillow to pull it over my face.

Kyson’s emotions spiked to frustration and the pillow was yanked from my grasp. “That will not happen again,” he growled.

I lifted an eyebrow, “What? Working out?”

“Letting another man throw punches at you,” he snarled.

My eyes closed and I rubbed at my forehead. “You smell like drama and a headache. Please go away.”

“You think I’m the only one that has something to say about it?” He chuckled, his weight disappearing from the bed. “Just you wait.”

My bladder was screaming and my limbs felt like they had been filled with concrete. I moved my elbows under me to try sitting up, but my movements were slow, clumsy.

Kyson had turned away and left the room, I was relieved that he was missing my struggles to move.

I had gotten myself to a stand, one hand on the dresser, the other on the edge of the bed. My first steps had been wobbly and I was nervous about continuing. It was like my body had been given a high dose of numbing medication and it was slowly wearing off. Had using my energy and fighting really drained me that much?

I was getting ready to lower myself to a crawl when I felt another presence approaching. My eyes closed in embarrassment, not wanting to be the butt of Alex’s jokes or feel his scorn. My thighs were pressed together in an attempt to keep my bladder in check and I knew I looked silly.

His light blue eyes peered around the corner of the door and landed on me. The normal humour gone from his eyes. “Jade? What’s the matter?”

I looked towards the bathroom door, several feet away, wishing I could just lift my head up and walk forward.

His hands came up, “Are you going to puke? Cause I don’t do puke.”

I frowned at him in irritation.

“I mean,” he ran a hand through his hair, “I could, but I just-”

“I need to pee,” I whispered, my eyes going to the floor.

A pause. “So go pee.

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.