Dark Side of the Moon by Rachel Jonas

Author:Rachel Jonas [Jonas, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-25T16:00:00+00:00

—Chapter Sixteen—

Evie

I did my best to move around our room without waking Beth, but when a headful of messy, blonde hair lifted from her pillow, it meant I failed.

“I’m so sorry,” I whispered.

It was, literally, not even the crack of dawn yet, but I was due to meet Liam in less than ten minutes. That would give us an hour for him to show me whatever he could before I needed to be back here for another shower. Then, we both had to get to his class.

Beth rubbed her eyes and sat up instead of turning back over like I would have. “Where the heck are you sneaking off to?”

I wasn’t sneaking, per se, but I definitely hadn’t planned on getting caught. I even hoped to get back to our room before she woke up. Specifically, to avoid this question.

My lack of a timely answer earned me a suspicious glare from Beth’s half-opened eyes. I had to say something.

“Uh, just kind of a tutoring thing,” I stammered, tying one black sneaker before moving on to the other.

“A tutoring thing?” The question was dripping with sarcasm and I knew I hadn’t convinced her that my leaving out this early was innocent.

Although it was.

Completely.

When she smiled and leaned against her headboard, I wasn’t expecting her to say what left her mouth next.

“Yeah, right. You’re meeting Nick, aren’t you? He looked kinda sad when you left the party early last night.”

I stood from the bed and slipped the elastic band from around my wrist to pull my hair up.

“Um … no. It really is a tutoring thing,” I said quietly. “I’m getting some training before we move on to the next combat module.” I did my best to make that sound as uninteresting as possible. Deep down, in the part of my psyche I couldn’t control, I didn’t want Beth to tag along.

I wanted it to just be Liam and I.

Being here ate up a lot of our time. I had responsibilities and so did he. That shouldn’t have felt like such an inconvenience, but … it did. If I was being honest, I was looking forward to this morning for many reasons, but one of them was definitely just that I wanted to hang out with him.

When it was just us, he was softer. He had so many stories and details about my past, I could listen to him talk all day and never get bored or tired of hearing his voice.

My thoughts snagged on that confession—the fact that I liked hearing him speak, the fact that I found the depth and confidence mesmerizing at times.

Beth was quiet. Too quiet.

“Is this ‘tutoring thing’ with Liam?” she asked.

I wished I could have seen her face through the darkness, but I purposely kept most of the lights off. The only one keeping me from tripping over my own feet was the dim glow from the closet.

Was she wearing one of those judgey, parent faces right now?

I wasn’t sure what to say, so I went with the truth.

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