Family is Forever by Stephens S.C

Author:Stephens, S.C. [Stephens, S.C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Conversion Series
Publisher: S.C. Stephens, LLC
Published: 2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00

I WATCHED NIKA leave with hollowness in my heart. I might put on a brave face, but I really hated the idea of no longer being bonded with her. It gave new meaning to the word torture. I halfheartedly kept an eye on Simon while I listened to Nika in the kitchen. She was telling Arianna everything that she shouldn’t be telling her. Everything about vampires, everything about their parents—their real parents, everything about Arianna and Julian being a happy couple until fate had torn them apart and Halina had erased Arianna’s mind. Nika was explaining it all.

Simon was examining the garage while I listened. Sitting on a cooler, he was flipping through the camping gear. I kind of felt bad for the guy. He hadn’t done anything wrong, he just couldn’t be forced to forget. Somebody else who we couldn’t fix like we wanted to. Frustrating didn’t even begin to describe it.

Simon cleared his throat and I looked back at him. He was holding a coiled bracelet that I believed was supposed to keep mosquitoes at bay. I had a feeling it didn’t work very well. “So, I couldn’t help but overhear that you’re holding another captive. Hostage taking a new pastime of yours?”

I frowned at his assessment. “You’re not a hostage…and no, it’s not a hobby.” Although it was starting to become a problem.

Simon tossed the bracelet aside and picked up a square lantern. “But you do have somebody else, right?” He turned the lamp on and stared into the fake flames glowing through the frosted plastic panels.

“Yes,” I simply stated. Anything else would either be a lie, or too much information.

Simon nodded as he turned the light off. “Jake?” he said, as he put the lamp away. He rummaged through the box at his feet, stopping when he found metal pie plates. “And how old is that kid?”

“He’s an adult.” Oops, I probably shouldn’t have told him that. Clamping my mouth shut, I twisted toward the door leading back to the house, so I could focus on that conversation and not give Simon any more information.

While I listened to Arianna asking Julian why she couldn’t remember him, even though Nika had already explained that already, I heard Simon dink around for something else in the myriad amount of camping gear. “Interesting,” he mumbled. A little louder, he added, “And where do the adult hostages get to stay? Some place more luxurious than the Land of Forgotten Camp Supplies, I’m assuming?”

When I looked back at him, he raised a cast-iron pot into the air. I frowned as I answered him. “As I said before, neither one of you are hostages.” I twisted my lips as I thought about what we were doing, and how wrong it was. What other choice did we have though? “You’re more like temporary prisoners.”

Simon gave me an angled smile. “Awesome. That’s so much better.”

I crossed my arms over my chest as I turned to face him. “Sometimes life doesn’t give you what you want.

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