Avenger: Book Eight in the Enhanced Series by T.C. Edge

Author:T.C. Edge [Edge, T.C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-05-31T16:00:00+00:00

18

It’s several hours after Tess leaves that I hear another knock at the door.

I’m in bed, hidden under my blanket, trying to hide away from the world. The knock is quiet, gentle, the right volume given the growing lateness of the hour.

I don’t answer at first. I can’t stomach another showdown with Tess, even if it’s a conciliatory exchange. So I just lie there, under the covers, hoping to not hear a further rapping of knuckles on metal.

My hope is denied. The gentle clanging sounds again, and this time it’s followed shortly after by a turning of the handle. I stay hidden as I hear the door open up and a couple of footsteps clip-clop inside.

They’re not how I expect. More weighty, the shoes tapping on the floor with a heavier thud.

It isn’t Tess.

A voice whispers into the darkness, the light from the corridor now cutting a wide shard inside.

“Are you awake?”

The tone of Adryan’s voice is soft. It has an immediate impact on me as I roll over and discard the blanket that shields me. I look up and see his silver eyes lit by the luminance from the hallway, showing up against the darker shade of his silhouette.

“Hey,” he says, white teeth glowing. “I didn’t wake you, did I?”

I shake my head. Seeing him here, I feel suddenly emotional. The conversation with Tess has taken its toll. Everything has taken its toll.

I blink away the first signs of tears and dip my chin to hide myself. Adryan steps forward and drops to his haunches in front of me in a quick motion.

“Are you OK?”

His tone is soft, his eyes sympathetic. It’s all I need to let a few tears slip away, cooling my hot cheeks as they meet with my skin.

His thumb lifts and wipes them clear, his touch gentle and drawing a new feeling from within me. I reach out and take him into a hug. For a second, I don’t ever want to let go.

He’s like the antidote to everything else I’ve done, to all I’ve become. He’s the one who shows me another path, a simpler path. A feeling that I want to explore burgeons inside me, and yet the constant shadows in my head keep it at bay. I hold him tight for a few long moments, before I force myself to let go.

My eyes have dried by the time I do. I’ve purged the weakness from me and set myself back in order. I’ve learned now to manage such things quickly.

“What are you doing here, Adryan?” I ask.

“I wanted to see you,” he says.

He offers no other explanation. Not immediately at least. He moves off his knee and slips beside me on the bed, letting his legs spread out and his back link up with the wall behind.

He looks across the room, to the other bed against the opposite wall.

“Was that Kira’s?” he asks.

“Yeah…”

“So you’re here alone now?”

There’s some suggestion to his words. Or maybe there isn’t. Maybe I just excavate such things from what he says because it’s what I want to hear.

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