Riven by roan parrish

Author:roan parrish
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-29T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Theo

T WO MONTHS LATER

We were in London, at the Towson Arena, and the crowd was electric. We’d been on the first leg of our tour for the new album for the past three weeks, and we had one week to go. I’d been insistent that I would only tour for a month at a time and then needed down time. Standing my ground had seemed impossible before, at the thought that I was messing things up for the rest of the band, or coming off like a diva. But I gritted my teeth and held in my mind how absolutely wrecked I’d felt at the end of our last tour, and I stuck to my guns. Everyone went with it eventually, and somehow, I didn’t care as much anymore.

Our third album was selling, the singles were charting, and I felt better in concert than ever. Somehow, the new songs lent themselves perfectly to being performed live, and every night, I sank into the music like I could catch lightning in my outstretched hand and wield it like a whip onstage.

I stalked and slunk, claiming the stage and letting the audience see it all. As Coco ripped into a solo, I dropped to my knees next to her like a penitent, striking the stage with my fist in rhythm. She bent down over me and I leaned back on my knees, and we were echoes moving sinuously with the music.

The crowd roared as she finished her solo, and I sang the chorus from my knees, arm outstretched to the writhing blackness.

The life I might’ve had

Still seeps into my dreams.

The shadow of a different one

Is all I’ve ever been.

It echoes through the empty house,

I ran so far away.

You raised me like a pet

But I’ve always been a stray.

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