Flux (The Flux Series Book 1) by Marissa Farrar

Author:Marissa Farrar [Farrar, Marissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Warwick House Press
Published: 2017-05-30T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

I didn’t try to do anything else for the rest of the day, too worried about what might happen if I did. Instead, I ate lunch at the big table in the common room with everyone else. Hunter introduced me to several of the other Kin who I hadn’t yet met officially, but who I’d spotted as being part of the crowd who’d been watching me through the glass. The girl sitting opposite me was Ashley. She was from Arkansas—I mentally repeated in my head Ashley from Arkansas to try to remember—and wore black framed glasses that were too large for her face. I got the impression she didn’t want to make eye contact with me when we were introduced, though I couldn’t figure out if she was shy, or if what I’d done made her nervous. Beside her sat a slightly overweight guy with prematurely thinning hair who chewed gum the whole time he was eating, something I found weirdly fascinating. His name was Russell, and he was the opposite of Ashley in that I kept looking up to find him staring at me. Whenever our gazes met, he looked away again, returning to chewing either his gum or meal—I still hadn’t quite figured out which.

Hunter nodded to a couple of others and told me their names, which promptly left my head. They all gave me half smiles and continued with their own conversations. I’d been seated between Hunter and Dixie, and felt safe under both their wings. If only I didn’t have to deal with some of the rest of them. Kit was at the head of the table, and I caught him watching me several times during the meal. Natasha had taken the seat on the other side of Hunter, and I tried not to notice the number of times she laughed at something he said, or flicked back her hair, or touched him on the arm. She’d barely said a word to me, and again, I didn’t know if she was normally standoffish, or if what I’d done had made people distance themselves from me.

When lunch was finished, most of us headed back into the Cavern. It seemed everyone else already knew where their skills lay, and went to the appropriate rooms. Those who had been at the Cavern the longest—Hunter, Kit, Dixie, and a couple of the others—led the training.

I lurked around, unsure of myself, moving from room to room, and trying to act as though I belonged. Both Hunter and Kit had already made it clear that I wasn’t going to be involved in any more exercises for the day. I didn’t think they quite knew what to do with me, which was hardly surprising as I didn’t know what to do with myself.

Instead, I watched the others as they went about their training. Kit was right when he said none of the other Kin were like me. They all appeared so in control and reserved. The few frustrations they did have were taken out in a normal way—swearing, and the occasional hand in the hair.

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