Frost by Isabelle Adler

Author:Isabelle Adler [Adler, Isabelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary, post-apocalyptic, action, lgbt, NineStar Press
ISBN: 9781950412143
Publisher: NineStar Press, LLC
Published: 2019-12-14T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

“WILL YOU STOP fussing? I’ll be fine,” Siobhan said.

She was sitting on her makeshift bed, a colorful knitted throw wrapped around her shoulders, warming her hands on a cup of hot water. She gave both men a stern look, which made them shift uncomfortably on their feet.

For the last few days, Spencer had been scouting the neighborhood for a new home for Finn and Siobhan during his hunting and gathering excursions. According to him, there were some suitable places, but they had to be vetted by Finn, at least, since Siobhan was still prone to harsh coughing fits and a bit too weak to venture outside. She insisted Spencer and Finn go see them together, but Finn was loath to leave her alone again, even for a short while.

“Maybe Spencer should stay here with you,” he said. “What if someone comes this way?”

“Then I’ll handle them. In the worst case, I’ll hide upstairs. No one would want to check out a ruined house anyway.”

Finn wasn’t so sure, or as confident as her, but Siobhan’s glare made it clear he had nothing to gain by insisting.

“Okay, fine. We’ll be back before you know it. Try not to stab us when we come back this time, okay?”

Siobhan stuck out her tongue at him and then, as Finn and Spencer climbed the stairs that led outside and propped the busted door to cover the entrance, instructed: “Pick a nice one!”

The fine weather had held for the past few days, and that day was no different. No sign of approaching storm marred the sky. The sun was shining somewhere above, washing everything in relatively bright ambient light. It was still very cold, but the deep snowdrifts were turning into slush, and tiny dirty rivulets ran under their feet as Finn and Spencer made their way down the street.

In a weird way, Finn could feel the thaw in his bones. No doubt the good weather was only a temporary respite in the volatile atmospheric conditions, but inside him, it ran deeper—a pivotal shift that chipped away at the frost that had encased his heart for all these years. It was as if the clouds of ash and dust and smoke had slowly dissipated, and he could finally take a breath of fresh air. He’d only dreamed of that happening, but he couldn’t deny the change in his way of thinking, letting himself dwell on something beyond the vicissitude of the present. And he knew exactly what—or who—had brought it about.

Perhaps he’d done nothing to earn any of it, but maybe—just maybe—he could have that sort of happiness after all.

“You might not get your white Christmas, with this kind of weather,” Spencer said jokingly.

“That’s okay. I already have everything I want.”

Spencer turned to look at him, his eyes searching. His expression was guarded, but there was a sort of vulnerable hopefulness to his gaze.

Tentatively, Finn reached out and took Spencer’s gloved hand. Spencer’s fingers tightened on his own, and his mouth quirked. Without saying anything,

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