Love and Decay: Revolution, Episode Ten by Rachel Higginson & Rachel Higginson

Author:Rachel Higginson & Rachel Higginson [Higginson, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Reckless Siren Publishing
Published: 2017-06-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Three

Matthias Allen was fifty feet away from us. His back was to us, his scarred hands poised on the tops of the wheels of his chair. His thin shoulders were hunched, but still dominating. His head held high.

I wasn’t sure how I even recognized him after all these years. He didn’t look close to the same man I’d once known. It didn’t matter that he should have been a stranger to me now; it wasn’t his outward appearance that was familiar.

It was his aura. I sensed him. I felt his presence blacken the air around me, poisoning every intake of breath. Some dormant premonition in the back of my mind flared to life, prickling with warning.

My fingers itched for my blades. My feet readied to run. I wanted to drag Miller from this place and never, ever, ever come back.

Matthias turned in his chair, reaching over to grab an apple from a nearby stand. And there was his profile, confirming the fear and hope and instinct. His skin had been badly scarred. It puckered in pink, jagged lines across his cheeks. His hair was very thin, barely hiding the damage on his scalp beneath.

We once thought we had killed him.

We’d watched a fire destroy whatever was left of his body.

Only he hadn’t died. And the fire hadn’t burned him to ash.

He’d escaped somehow.

Now he was here. And so were we.

I wanted to look around for my brothers. I needed to find them. Matthias was too close, and I wasn’t sure what to do.

If I took off in a dead sprint, I could have my blades out and be on top of him in three seconds. I could cut his throat in second number four.

In thirty seconds his life would end. This could all be over.

In less than a minute, I could finish this.

Miller’s hand dropped to my elbow, roughly pulling me back against his chest. I was surprised at the distance that had separated us until I realized I’d already started to move toward Matthias, my hands were already reaching for my weapons. I had already decided to kill.

Miller’s coarse whisper grated against my ear. “He has too many men. You’ll never get close enough.”

I blinked, and the rest of the world came rushing back like a gut punch. Matthias wasn’t alone, but I only just noticed that. My vision was tunneled and singularly focused. I’d missed the contingent of bodyguards surrounding him, the dangerous men carefully fanned out through the crowd, eyes trained watching their leader and the crowd.

My chest heaved as I struggled to temper my rage. “You don’t think it’s worth a shot anyway?”

Miller let out a shaky laugh. “Next time I take a shot, I’m going to be damn sure it sticks.”

Some shoppers moved in between us and Matthias, blocking our view for a minute as they meandered down the aisle. When they saw Matthias at the end, they abruptly stopped, raising their hands in apology. They hadn’t meant to disturb him. They promised that it was a mistake.

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