Imminent Threat: A Young Adult Post-Apocalyptic Dystopian Series (The Separation Trilogy Book 1) by Felisha Antonette

Author:Felisha Antonette [Antonette, Felisha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Feliant Publishing
Published: 2020-06-22T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

It’s quiet. The sun’s setting, and I have the entire house to myself.

My room here now feels like my room back at my aunt’s house, but it’s harder for me to withstand alone. It took me years to tolerate my room at home alone and to even sit upon my bed. Now, here, as I stand on the floor in the middle of my space, my skin crawls. My fears are sneaking up on me.

Diminish fear, Ky.

How do I diminish this fear? The only thing I fear is the only thing I cannot face. Even to the point where it disturbs my sleep. Why must we possess such human emotions if there’s no solution to them?

“Ky, you’re here?” Cory calls as I’m walking back down the stairs. I want to turn back to my room, but I won’t. I don’t need Luke to stand up for me, and I won’t run away from someone or something that makes me uncomfortable.

He waits on the landing, staring up at me. “Hey. You okay?” He rubs the back of his head and drops his gaze to the floor. “Missed you at dinner,” he adds, meeting my eyes with concern twitching in his. It’s a look I’m quite familiar with, one I possess when Luke goes off on a rant. He bottles it well, until the bottle fills and pops like the cork of a champagne bottle—spewing out his emotions in a hateful rage, like the bubbled fizzy contents in it.

“I am fine,” I say, passing Cory.

“You sure?” he asks.

“Yes, Cory,” I snap, irritated by his interrogation. I head for the den but stop and turn on my heels to face him as I ask, “Why were you in my room the other night?”

“I was waiting for you.”

“But why?”

“I thought we were going to talk. But instead, I ended up talking to your brother,” he grumbles.

“There’s an entire house to wait for me in. You should not have been in my room.” I say, pointing at him.

He widens his stance and crosses his arms. “Is there something wrong with me waiting in your room?” His gaze floats over my body, starting at my shoes and continuing up to my face as if those emerald eyes were x-ray beams, making out my curves under my clothes.

I cross my arms, wrapping my hands around my muscles to shield myself from his vision. It shouldn’t cross my mind, but I could kill Cory. Though it may not look good if I murder my superior, I could definitely do it.

Cory’s on my heels as I continue into the den, calling, “Ky, wait a minute. The other day, I know I took it too far. I’m sorry that your brother saw that, but you didn’t stop me, you didn’t pull away.”

“I should have.” I roll my eyes, keeping my back to him.

“But you didn’t. You wanted it like I did. You were just as into it as I was,” he warbles, inching closer to me.

He’s only doing this out of curiosity, not attraction.

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