Desire in Frost by Alicia Rades

Author:Alicia Rades [Rades, Alicia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Horror, Occult, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Paranormal & Urban, Teen & Young Adult, Children's eBooks
Amazon: B019JBS0FW
Publisher: PaperPlane Publishing
Published: 2016-01-24T16:00:00+00:00

16

It felt like only minutes later that Robin was lightly shaking me awake, but when I opened my eyes, I noticed it was getting dark outside. I was calmed by the fact that I’d had a nightmare-free sleep but also slightly disappointed that I hadn’t learned anything new to point me in the right direction.

“How was your nap?” Robin asked with a smile.

“Surprisingly good,” I answered honestly. “What’s up?” I sat in bed and rubbed my eyes, forcing my body to wake.

“Hear that?” Robin pressed a finger to his hear. We both paused for a moment, and I strained to hear whatever he was talking about. I did hear it. A deep bass pulsed through the walls of our hotel room.

I stared up at him. “Music. So what?”

“Not just music. A party.”

I didn’t take my eyes off him. “And?” I paused. Oh. “You want to go?”

He shrugged and then walked over to the other bed and sat on it. “You’ve just been so down lately. I’ve noticed you’ve been crying a lot.”

I almost cringed at the thought that he’d noticed.

“It’s just,” he continued, “this is supposed to be our vacation. It’s supposed to be fun. I thought it might get your mind off of things for a while.”

I recalled how I had gotten my mind off things before and it led to the vision of the funeral. Maybe if I did it again, I could finally figure out the missing piece to the puzzle. But I couldn’t go to a party. Apparently my expression gave away that thought.

“Come on,” Robin insisted.

“Robin, look at me.” I gestured toward myself. “No one is going to let me into a party.” I glanced over at my reflection in the mirror on the wall. I was too skinny with small boobs and no hips to speak of. My face was that of a 12-year-old’s, not a 15-year-old’s, and certainly not any older.

Robin leaned across the space between the beds and gently touched a finger to my cheek. He was so close now that I could feel his breath on my face. My cheek flamed in the spot where he was touching it. He stared deep into my eyes, but I couldn’t bring myself to look directly at him. I glanced anywhere but his eyes: the clock on the nightstand, the lamp in the corner of the room, and his lips. I was suddenly overcome with a desire to kiss him just to see what it would taste like. It would be my first real kiss.

My mind fought the thought as the rational part of me remembered we were almost related. But what would it be like?

“Crystal, you underestimate your beauty.” That was all he said, and then he pulled away. The place on my cheek where he’d touched it grew cold in disappointment.

Why was he being so nice to me? He seemed so rude and cocky before. What had changed? I couldn’t seem to sort this guy out the same way nothing else about this trip made sense in my mind.

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