Beastly Lights by Theresa Jane

Author:Theresa Jane [Jane, Theresa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Inkitt
Published: 2017-04-01T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 30: Distance

I thought I would enjoy the alone time. I thought it would be great while Liam was away. Instead, without him here I was feeling an overwhelming sense of loneliness. He had only been gone a few days, and I was already bored. I was so bored that I resorted to making peace with the coffee machine.

“Come on you, rotten piece of junk. I just want one cup of coffee,” I groaned, stabbing at the various buttons on the contraption. “Please, I don’t want to have to be reduced to drinking tea. You and I both know that isn’t an option." Its answer was to splutter ominously as its devil eyes flashed red before the entire thing just shut off.

“Demon child,” I grunted before throwing the tea towel I was holding at it and marching angrily over to the window. I was already losing my mind, and he’d been gone for barely any time at all. How was he able to do that?

Standing beside the window, I was in a trance. I was mesmerized by the growing light of the winter sun when I felt the overwhelming sense that someone was watching me.

I tugged on the oversized T-shirt I was wearing as I began to scan the street beneath me. Suddenly, my blood ran cold, and my eyes widened as I looked down at the all-too-familiar baseball cap. It couldn’t be him. It was just a coincidence. A lot of people had a blue baseball cap. I was just getting paranoid because I was alone in this big, empty apartment.

Then he looked up. This time, he had a camera around his neck, and I watched in horror as he brought it up to aim it at me. I felt my world begin to spin and my heart race. How long had he been watching me?

Clutching tightly to my chest, I backed away from the window, feeling my skin crawl. Maybe it was just a coincidence. He had a camera this time. His job is to get a picture, but don’t I deserve my privacy too? This apartment, for lack of a better word, was my home.

What about when he doesn’t have his camera? What is he then?

Fearing my own thoughts, I walked quickly from the living room and curled back up under my covers.

I didn’t want to hide, but I didn’t feel comfortable having a shower and getting ready for my day when I knew he was outside. I didn’t feel comfortable walking around the apartment, even though he was several stories below me. There was no way he could see me where I was, but I could still feel his phantom eyes on my skin.

Peeking out from beneath my covers, I looked at my phone with only one thought on my mind. I needed to tell Liam. I couldn’t handle this on my own. I needed someone and if he cared like he said he did, then he would help me.

I was reaching for my phone when I felt the doubt creep in.

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