Dying Covenant: The Complete Series by Amanda M. Lee

Author:Amanda M. Lee [Lee, Amanda M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: WinchesterShaw Publications
Published: 2017-11-13T16:00:00+00:00

“DID YOU hear that?”

I tugged my shirt down thirty minutes later and rolled so I was practically sitting on Aric’s lap as I strained my ears.

“I didn’t hear anything,” Aric said, giving me an odd look. “Were you distracted the entire time, or is this a new thing I’m just noticing?”

“I wasn’t distracted.”

“It doesn’t feel that way to me.”

“Yes, but you’re a worrier,” I said, cocking my head to the side. “I wasn’t distracted. I had fun. I just … do you hear that?”

I tilted my head to the side as the sound of snapping branches assailed my ears, and this time Aric stiffened as he tightened his grip around my waist. He clearly heard it, too.

“I don’t think they’re out here.”

“Oh, they’re out here.”

“How do you know?”

“Because I was watching them and this is the way they disappeared when they thought no one was looking.”

I recognized the voices relatively quickly. Aric clearly did as well because he rolled his eyes and leaned back on the ground to get comfortable.

“They can’t hear us, can they?” he asked, keeping his voice low. “The dome is still up, right?”

“They can’t hear us,” I replied. Even though I knew the dome was soundproof, my voice was barely a whisper. “We’re safe.”

“We’re safe regardless,” Aric said. “I just want to see what they’re doing.”

“Do you think they’re looking for us?”

“Who else?”

He had a point. Still … . “Do you think they’re trying to catch a glimpse of us … doing it? I mean, that’s rude. For them just to assume that we were out here rolling around in the underbrush together is tacky.”

Aric snorted. “That’s exactly what we were doing.”

“Yes, but they don’t know that.”

“Women make absolutely no sense sometimes,” Aric complained, shaking his head. “Now be quiet. I want to hear what they say.”

Aric and I got comfortable – er, at least as comfortable as we could on the hard ground – and we were rewarded for our patience when Debbie and Claudette barreled through a clump of bushes to our right. They were only about ten feet from the dome, but they clearly didn’t see us because they barely glanced in our direction when they hit the clearing.

“Do you smell that?” Claudette asked, lifting her nose. “They came through here.”

“Yes, I smell it,” Debbie said. “But they’re not here now.”

“Where did they go?” Claudette asked, prowling about with her hands clenched at her sides. “I don’t understand where they disappeared to. I mean … what are they doing out here in the first place?”

“Given the way Aric was looking at her, I think they’re doing each other.”

“What?”

“You know … it,” Debbie said, making an exaggerated face. “He can’t keep his hands off her. He was never that way with you.”

“That’s because it’s annoying,” Claudette said, her tone haughty. “I think it’s terrible that grown adults would do anything like that. It makes me … .”

“Jealous?” Debbie asked.

“Sick to my stomach,” Claudette clarified, her nostrils flaring.

I patted Aric’s hand as it rested on my thigh.

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