Blood Moon's Servant: A Paranormal Thriller by Leah Kingsley

Author:Leah Kingsley [Kingsley, Leah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-06-13T22:00:00+00:00

Twenty-four

BORDOM GNAWED AT Amy’s spirit. It chaffed at her calm and triggered her anger. She directed the full force of her wrath at Max, communicating her distain with a deadly look of fury. Max sat two feet away, fiddling with his phone like an oblivious asshole. Her world was crumbling before his eyes, and he barely even looked up. She gritted her teeth and clenched her fists against a rush of righteous rage.

Amy had spent the last couple hours dodging thoughts of where she was. Painful triggers were sprinkled around her like jagged shards of memory intent on slicing open her soul. Her once happy family had opened Christmas presents by the fireplace and traded Halloween candy on the warn and tattered rug. She and Susan had played an unfortunate game of Frisbee in the kitchen and smashed a hole in the back window. The six of them had once had a cramped family-wide sleepover in the living room because the power was out and the fireplace was the only source of warmth.

She closed her eyes against the barrage of stinging memory. Had Max brought her here as emotional torture? If he had, it was working well. She opened her eyes and fixed him with an unblinking stare. If his goal was to make her uncomfortable, the least she could do was return the favor.

Max had a scratch on the back of his silver phone case, identical to, and in the exact same place as, the scratch on hers. Piping hot lava bubbled over in her mind. “What are you doing with my phone?”

Max smirked. “Finally noticed, huh? I decided to catch myself up on your life. When did everyone around you wind up in therapy? I knew you drove the world crazy, but I had no idea you literally made everybody around you insane.”

“No one’s insane. I go because I used to cut. Mom’s fighting to stay sober. Sue has nightmares from being kidnapped.”

Max gaped at her, openmouthed. “You used to cut? You’re like that emo kid who went to school with us.”

Amy scowled. Was he talking about Damien? “Give me back my phone!”

“You’re the one who wouldn’t cooperate.”

Amy cursed under her breath. She deserved this behavior from someone like Damien, a boy she had bullied for years for no real reason. It made no sense coming from Max, one of the only people she had treated with respect.

“Wow!” Max’s jubilant shout shattered their frosty silence. “Justin is married? What poor lady got stuck with him?”

Amy gazed up to the ceiling. Max and Justin had never gotten along. Max had claimed Justin was a homework-loving stick in the mud, and Justin vowed Max was a loser with prison time ahead. She made a face. Her brother had been right on the money. She hated it when Justin was right.

“He married Zack’s sister,” she admitted, deadpan.

“Oh my God!” Max stared at her like the apocalypse was upon them. “You two are dating siblings? That’s adorable!” Amy simmered. This guy was an expert on pushing her buttons.

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