Phoenix: Reawakened Series, Book 3 by Taylor K Scott

Author:Taylor K Scott [Scott, Taylor K]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-08-23T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Phoenix

When their car has disappeared from view, leaving a trail of dust and sadness in its wake, Jake emerges out from the back. I turn with a sense of anxiety over Jess, ready to barrage him with questions about how she’s doing before I go and see for myself. As always with this girl, a level of caution must be exercised. She’s been through a lot; she’s been going through a lot since she turned eleven.

“Jess—” I begin but he cuts me off before I can even finish asking my first question.

“Passed out,” he replies, “exhausted and seriously confused.”

“Understandable,” I utter while staring at a stain on the scuffed floor.

“So, how’d it go today?” he asks as we begin walking over toward the bar, each grabbing a bottle from the fridge.

“Ok,” I reply and continue walking out back before he can question me any further on it. I might be feeling something for Jess, but I’m not about to become the bar’s Dear Dierdre anytime soon. I hear him chuckling to himself as I make my way to Lou’s room. Sure enough, when I pop my head inside of the room, I find Jess breathing steadily in her sleep. Her brow is furrowed, and her eyes are moving rapidly beneath her lids. She begins to emit whimpers of anguish, as though she is falling into a nightmare, so without further thought, I remove my boots and climb in behind her. At first, she moans and fidgets, but when I settle my arm around her tiny body and kiss the back of her head, she eventually rests more easily against me.

“I’m going to save you, Jess,” I whisper while stroking her hair, “but I need you to save me too.”

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Jessie, Present

I don’t wake again until it’s dark, pitch-black dark, and without the usual sounds coming from a crowded bar. If you had asked me a week ago if I would have believed myself to be listening out for the sounds of bikers drinking as a source of comfort, I think I would have passed out from the very thought. And yet, now they are missing, I feel anxious, and in desperate need of someone to be here to comfort me. I need Warren.

Still wearing the clothes that I had fallen asleep in, the same ones in which I had stood before my parents, I slip out of my room to try and find the one person who will make me feel safe. Initially, I head toward Warren’s room, but something stops me in my tracks. It’s the sound of someone strumming against an acoustic guitar. It has me frowning – perhaps the bar is still open? No, it can’t be. There’s no talking, no laughter, no one shouting for Jake to get his ‘ass into gear’.

This is way out of my comfort zone, the great unknown and unplanned, and yet, something is urging me to go out into that bar and find out who is playing such a moving piece of music.

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