House of Igarashi: part 2 (The Harem Project) by Crea Reitan

Author:Crea Reitan [Reitan, Crea]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: dragon fire fantasy
Published: 2023-04-05T16:00:00+00:00

Bronte

The basement pool was a long rectangle with a current for those who like to swim laps without having to turn around every so many feet. They could be turned on and you just swim against the jets. There were several speeds and while I thought it was a good stress reliever sometimes, I also had this niggling feeling like it was wasting time. It wasn’t. Swimming was a phenomenal full-body exercise.

I rarely lasted long in the chlorine pool. Climbing out and flicking the jets off, I headed outside through the firepit and toward the round saltwater pool. Usually it was warmer than it was today but that’s because we’ve been hiding under a heavy cell of storm clouds for weeks now. The sun just hasn’t been able to penetrate the thick layer.

Even so, I dropped into the pool and closed my eyes, letting the cool air brush against my wet skin and pebble in the chill. Hawaii was rarely anything but a tropical paradise but there were days when it could be downright cold. Especially when the sun hasn’t shined in a while.

We were heading back into The Harem Project in a couple days to see what news Koh’s team had gathered. And also to see what kinds of weapons The Harem Project had.

While we knew Silence was expanding their arsenal with a whole array of nightmarish weapons, I shuddered to think that the rest of the world was sitting pretty and turning their head in the opposite direction. Wanting peace. Pretending that if they looked the other way and didn’t get involved, they’d have peace. They’d be left alone.

They were stupid.

While part of me wanted to let them die if they weren’t willing to fight, the louder part of me understood. Until the last year or so, we’d also been just as content to ignore the world and carry on as if nothing was happening.

We didn’t pretend it was safe. We never once imagined it was anything but hostile. But not being hunted meant those we cared most about were alive.

Until we did something to gather attention. Or maybe, our numbers alone did that.

Our mistake. Something we understood now, even if a little late. But we were ready to do something and while there wasn’t a lot that could take down a group of storms our size, we weren’t invincible. Eventually, storms run out of energy and die out.

We didn’t want to be the ones to die first.

But all that was for a future me to think about. Right now, with my family all home, safe under a single roof, I was pretending to relax in the pool. There was not a relaxed bone in my body but I was sure as fuck pretending.

The worst part was this sense of knowing it would all end. When we moved out, ready to strike against Silence, we would not be coming home the same as when we left. I tried desperately to convince myself that we’d not be fundamentally changed.

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