AetherBlood by Alexis N Sage

Author:Alexis N Sage [Sage, Alexis N]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781999019884
Publisher: Cauldron Press
Published: 2019-09-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 29

One of us

“Ow!” she yelled and shook her head. “Watch where you’re going, will ya?”

“Uhm, you’re the one that ran into me!” Ray scoffed back, angling her hips to the side and crossing her arms.

Ruby slowly got herself up from the ground. Her hip was already starting to hurt, and she was sure she’d be completely bruised tomorrow. Great! Just freakin’ great!

“Hey, what’s that?” Ray asked, pointing at the note in her hands.

She quickly crumbled the page, shoving it in her pocket before Ray could glimpse any of the writing. “Nothing. It’s not important. What are you doing out here anyway?”

“Going to my room. Obviously. What else would I be doing out here?”

“I don’t know. Where are the others?”

“Still in that dumb forest. I got bored so I figured I might as well get some sleep.”

The forest? Why were they there so late? What if Demas attacked while they were there? If he kept an eye on her then he might be doing the same with them. She needed to get there right away. The wooded area was only a ten-minute drive from the motel. Or a half hour jog. If she started now, she could get there fairly quick but still not quick enough if there was an attack coming their way. She squeezed her fists tight enough to indent her nails into the skin of her palms. She could text Liam to warn him and check on the girls instead. But what if she was wrong and they were perfectly safe? She’d look like a paranoid lunatic. “It’s kind of late, no?” She said quietly, not sure if Ray could pick up on her anxiousness.

“Relax. They’re leaving soon. Zag texted me when I got here saying Leah and them already went home and that they were heading back too.” Her eyes moved up and down Ruby’s face, “you need to chill out more, you know. Maybe get some sleep or something. You look like crap.”

“Wow. Thanks.”

“Just sayin’,” Ray shrugged.

“Well, don’t.”

“Okay, geez. Don’t bite my head off,” she raised her arms defensively, “I’ll keep my concern to myself.”

“So, you and Zag are pretty friendly,” Ruby sneered, trying to change the topic.

“What? Why? He’s just being nice. More than I can say for the rest of you. You know, you should be more appreciative of someone trying to help you.”

Here we go! More ‘tude from this kid! She thought and scowled, “Look, Ray, no offense but you’ll never be one of us. You will always be the kid that faked her own death to spy on us to report back to Demas. No matter how nice Zag is.”

Ray’s face dropped, her once self-assured expression was nothing but a shattered and hopeless void. Was she actually showing some sort of emotion? Maybe she was being too harsh on her. After all, it was possible that Ray truly had changed and wanted to help them. Ruby started to feel bad for the girl. Standing there in the middle of the night,

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