Damage in an Undead Age by A.M. Geever

Author:A.M. Geever [Geever, A.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: A.M. Geever

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He wasn’t worried. It was just…odd.

It’s nothing, Doug told himself as he turned into the last corridor on the first floor, at the far side of the building.

But it was unlike Skye to not be somewhere when she said she would be. She was the most punctual person Doug had ever met. She had paced the lobby all morning and through lunch, only stopping when it was clear the storm was not going to pass until at least late afternoon. It finally started to clear up just past four o’clock. It beggared belief that she would do anything to keep them at the Institute for a millisecond longer than necessary after almost twenty-four hours of not wanting to be here. If she had not had that run-in with Brock yesterday, Doug might have the same attitude as the others, but the two things in combination did not feel right.

Doug had known that Brock was a creep the first time he met him. Even so, the depth of his venom when Skye had told him to get lost and leave her alone—again—and that she would take Smith up on her offer to ban him from LO, surprised even him. Smith was not the kind of leader to offer something like that lightly. Before last night, Doug had thought Brock was merely a manipulative asshole. Now, he was certain Brock was abusive. When he thought of Brock hitting Skye—whether last night if he had not been there or in the past—rage mushroomed through him so fast he thought his body would explode into a million pieces. Doug had joined Rocco in escorting Brock off the Institute grounds. Rocco had not been happy about sending anyone, even Brock, out in such dangerous conditions until Doug filled him in on what he had missed. Rocco’s concern for Brock’s welfare had evaporated instantaneously.

Doug knew the others were right; ten minutes was no big deal. Miranda was twenty minutes late for everything. But it niggled at him. There was no harm in looking around. When the few things he had the illusion of control over were out of kilter, it made Doug antsy. When it involved Skye, even more so.

He really didn’t want to think about that right now.

Instead, I’m taking this pointless walk around the building because she’s a few minutes late, but I’m not going to look at why that is, because if I don’t, it’s not real, he thought bitterly.

He was probably the last person on Earth she wanted to see. Who was he kidding? He was definitely the last person she wanted to see, except maybe for Brock. Being lumped in with that piece of shit was a low Doug could do without.

He cringed for at least the millionth time as he thought about the argument he’d had with Skye. Could he have fucked it up more or been a bigger asshole? He didn’t see how that was possible. When she almost died, he got scared, and then tried to make his fuckup her responsibility.

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