Archaic by Regan Ure

Author:Regan Ure [Ure, Regan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Regan Ure
Published: 2016-01-10T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

In that moment just before he kissed me, I felt a shift inside. His eyes held mine for a few seconds before they rested on my lips. A numbness set in, draining all the swirling emotions inside of me. By the time his mouth touched mine, I felt nothing.

I put a hand up to his chest and pushed him away.

"Don't," I said in a calm, detached voice, my hand still against his chest.

His forehead creased as his eyes narrowed.

"What's wrong?" he asked with a frown. I pulled my hand away from him.

I should have felt nervous or guilty for what I was going to do, but I didn't. For some reason I felt nothing and that made the next step so much easier.

"We shouldn't have kissed," I explained, my tone calm and even.

"Really?" he asked, looking more perplexed.

"Yes," I assured him, shifting a little away from him. His eyes took in the action and his frown deepened.

With no emotions to contend with, I was able to follow my logical thinking from before. To keep my secret I had to keep my distance from him, and that couldn't happen if there was something going on between us. Besides, what would be the purpose in allowing him to get closer to me when in the end I wasn't sure how much time I still had before I became a Hue?

"What happened earlier shouldn't have happened," I stated to him. I didn't blink.

His eyebrows rose slightly with surprise, and then he crossed his arms.

"It shouldn't have happened," I reiterated.

"Why not?" he asked as he cocked his head to the side.

"I'm not interested in you," I lied. It was a good thing I couldn't feel emotions right then, because otherwise I wouldn't have been able to lie so well.

"Okay." His eyes narrowed and he rubbed his jaw. "Then why did you kiss me before?" he asked, his hard eyes watching me.

"I got caught up in the moment," I answered with a shrug. I had no way to explain why I was not feeling anything, but I was grateful because it would have been so much harder if I'd felt the guilt of hurting him. His jaw twitched, his anger brewing just beneath the surface.

"I don't believe you," he told me with his features void of any emotion, like a poker face. His eyes searched mine for answers, but there were none. There were no hidden secrets in the depths of my eyes.

"Why is it so unbelievable?" I asked, holding his gaze.

"I felt your response," he replied.

"So what? I kissed you back. That doesn't mean I want more."

If my emotions had returned at that moment I would have been so screwed, because without the veil of nothingness inside me I wouldn't have been able to continue with the lies. He would have been able to see the truth on my face.

He studied me for a moment before he stood up.

"Then I suppose we have nothing more to talk about," he said, his expression reserved.

The first part of keeping him at a distance had been implemented well.

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