Last Light (Until Dawn, Book 1) by J.N. Baker

Author:J.N. Baker [Baker, J.N.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-10-10T05:00:00+00:00

Someone stepped beside me, their feet balanced perfectly on the uneven sand. Only one person I knew could be that graceful. William dropped a hotel keycard onto my lap. “The address is on the back,” he said. “I will see you shortly.”

I looked over my shoulder, but William was already gone.

An annoying buzzing sound filled my ears, tiny vibrations pulsing against my thigh. Josh’s cell. I waved it at him, but he was too preoccupied with Cody to notice. They both looked pretty heated—what else was new?

I flipped the phone over and pressed talk. Before I could get a word in, a woman’s voice exploded through the receiver.

“Josh, where the hell are you? I still can’t believe you dropped me off at some grimy motel and just left. What were you thinking? And now you’re hanging up on me? I can’t believe you! You need to get back here, now. And God help me, I better not find out that you’ve been with that Zoe chick. You know how much I hate the thought of you being alone with her. You give her too much of your attention as it is. It’s totally inappropriate. I’m your girlfriend! I’m the one who loves you—not her. You promised me that you were done with her. You promised you wouldn’t see her anymore. You promised me, Josh!”

I tore the phone from my ear, hanging up before she got the chance to catch her breath. I checked the caller ID. Tiffany. I looked up, watching Josh and Cody’s animated conversation across the beach. A girlfriend? Josh wouldn’t keep something so important from me, would he? Had we really grown that far apart over the years? A voice from somewhere deep inside me said yes.

Regardless, this Tiffany had no reason to be threatened by me. There was nothing going on between Josh and me—not to mention that I wasn’t even human anymore. We lived two very different lives and had two very different futures. For example, one day he’d succumb to death, while I’d continue to create it.

Still, I couldn’t help think about that almost whatever-it-was back in the water.

And then something she’d said hit me, like the house falling on the Wicked Witch she apparently thought I was. You promised me that you were done with her. You promised you wouldn’t see her anymore. Never in my life would I have thought that Josh would make such a promise to anyone—girlfriend or otherwise. Hell, he’d just promised me the exact opposite. But, clearly, I was wrong.

My face grew hot as the men returned, the anger within me boiling over. I clutched Josh’s cell in my right hand, the protective case cracking under my fingers.

“Zoe, what’s wrong?”

I chucked the phone at him, careful not to actually hit him. I didn’t want to put a hole through the man, regardless of how angry I might have been. “Your girlfriend called,” I snapped, rising to my feet.

Cody’s face paled. He stepped back. Smart move. I thought I saw Josh pale in the moonlight.

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