Into the Black by Ava Jae

Author:Ava Jae
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sky Pony Press
Published: 2017-10-24T04:00:00+00:00

Are Eros and I irreparably broken? It’s the question I wake with long before the suns rise—and long before I want to be awake.

Kissing Eros didn’t feel like kissing him the first time. It wasn’t breathless need and a wave of sparks under my skin—it wasn’t wanting more and not caring what it meant for just a breath.

I care for Eros deeply, and it hurts to acknowledge things are changing between us. But I can’t deny the truth. This time, kissing Eros felt like kissing a friend.

I run my hands over my face and sit up, grabbing the glass resting on my floating bedside table. Four quick swipes and I’ve opened Vejla’s feed again. I shouldn’t be looking at this, not when knowing the terrible truth will eat at me as long as there’s nothing I can do. But I can’t stay away, either. Elja is my home, and avoiding reality doesn’t make it less real.

The feed awakens. The riots are still going on—I don’t think I’ve ever seen so much of Vejla burn. I can’t stomach the live footage for long so I find some articles about it and read until my face is hot, my eyes burn, and my breath trembles in my lungs.

Dima imprisoned protesters peacefully speaking out about the nanite attack. And then he imprisoned those protesting their arrest. And now the people want his head.

It should be gratifying to see my brother fail so spectacularly after cycles of believing he’d be a superior ruler. But with my people suffering and my brother walking the edge of a blade, I can’t help but think this all would have been avoided if I’d just been a better Avra.

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