Bearly A Chance by Krystal Shannan

Author:Krystal Shannan [Shannan, Krystal]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: KS Publishing
Published: 2019-07-15T18:30:00+00:00

6

Ava opened her eyes, stretched her arms, and sat up with a start. The room was bright and cheery and not home. Connie. I’m in Connie’s house. For a split second she’d forgotten completely. She’d been so tired. When had she fallen asleep? She didn’t remember curling up on the couch. She didn’t remember covering herself with a blanket.

She peered to her left, toward the crackling warmth of the woodstove. It spread a welcoming heat she could feel all the way to her toes. Ryder was still stretched out in front of it, covered now by a rainbow of blankets. His long dark hair sprawled across a bright blue throw pillow. Ava had the sudden urge to touch him. Bury her face against his skin. Taste him. All of him.

Approaching footsteps halted her lustful thoughts. She turned around and watched the hallway. A moment later Connie appeared around the corner wearing a matching set of fleece snowflake pajamas. She radiated warmth, happiness, joy, excitement, hope. All the things Ava needed and didn’t have right now. The small woman’s face lit up with a smile that would’ve urged the sun to rise faster.

Ava’s lips curved into a reciprocating grin and tucked a bit of her wayward mane of brown curls behind her ear. Maybe running into this human and sharing her secret wouldn’t end up being such a world-ending mistake.

“Feel better?” Connie asked, walking around the couch and plopping down in a small purple arm chair.

“I do, actually. How long have I been out?”

“Both of you have been out almost twenty-four hours.”

All the hope and happiness vanished. Ava’s stomach twisted in her gut like a wrung-out dishrag.” Dalmeck. She dug in her pocket for her cell phone. The screen showed multiple missed messages from Owen. And a couple from her boss at the diner. She messaged Owen first, telling him not to worry about her that she would come around when she was ready. The last thing she needed was him worrying and he probably already was.

He buzzed her back. And she told him not to worry again. He probably still would. But at least he wasn’t calling her and shouting. Which meant he was preoccupied with Tara—as well he should be.

“Everything okay?” Connie asked.

Ava released a breath she hadn’t realized she’d been holding. “I think my brother will let it be for now. I hope.”

“So where are you guys from? Cause you’re new to town. Everyone knows that.” Connie wrapped her small body in a bright blue fleece blanket so that just her head was showing.

“Another world called Reylea.” No need to spare the details. She was all in with this girl at this point. Might as well be honest instead of spinning a web she’d later get tangled up inside. “Our world was dying. We came through a portal and dropped out in the Denali range just outside of town.”

No screaming. Connie’s cheeks were still pink. Her eyes sparkled with interest.

“Go on. I’m listening,” the small woman urged.

“That’s how we got here.

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