From the Darkness (The Darkwood Academy Series Book 2) by Lynn Rhys

Author:Lynn Rhys [Rhys, Lynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-12-19T18:30:00+00:00

You surviving?

Me:

Barely. Every time Tiff touches me, I want to claw my skin off.

Dax:

Diseases. That’s all they are.

Me:

I just want to bleach my skin until I can’t feel her touching me anymore.

Dax:

I don’t think Spitfire would appreciate you having no skin. See you when you get back.

I lock my phone, place it back in my pocket, and take a deep breath as I look out at the grounds around me. The landscaping here is usually pristine, but since it’s winter, things are more bare and brown. Trees have lost their leaves, and the grass isn’t as green as it would normally be.

“Son, let’s go,” my dad says through the opened back door.

I roll my eyes and make my way back inside the house.

Two things are happening today. My dad is going to make a speech, and then some news outlets will be invited in to see us all sitting around a table like a happy fucking family eating a goddamn turkey.

I look up at the grey sky, the wind blowing against me. Here we go.

We find ourselves outside on the front lawn at a podium that has been set up in a garden. My mother stands next to my dad. My dad’s advisor, Dillon I think is his name, puts me next to my mother and then moves Tiffany next to me.

The suit I’m wearing is already starting to feel tight, and I feel like I’m ready to combust with her near me. She loops her arm through mine, and I fight the urge to shove her right off the fucking stage.

Actually, that’s not a bad idea. But I don’t think that would help a thing right now.

Tiffany’s family is on the other side of my dad with Izzy between them. What a fucking picture we all make. Rich fucks just standing here showing shit off.

I fight the urge to roll my eyes as I pull my lips into a tight smile.

“Happy Thanksgiving to everyone here in Black Forest,” my dad begins. “I hope everyone here and around the world is with family and friends, celebrating what is most important and enjoying each other’s company. Well, at least until it’s time to go stand in line to get some Black Friday deals.” The crowd laughs, and some yell out the store they are going to.

Looking out at everyone, I see our neighbors, citizens who probably live nearby, and news crews. A mix of constituents that I recognize from previous speeches that have been held here. Same faces, same blind devotion to his lies.

“You know, this year is actually a very exciting one for our family. We get to welcome the Ives family into ours as our dear son, Mason, has asked Tiffany Ives for her hand in marriage.” My dad grins as the audience gasps and claps like a bunch of trained seals. Flashes go off, cameras point at Tiffany and me, and I try to keep my fake smile from slipping.

Because all I want to do is run and never look back.

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