Rua by Miranda Kavi

Author:Miranda Kavi [Kavi, Miranda]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, Fantasy, Young Adult, (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯)
ISBN: 9781479122622
Publisher: Midnight Blackbird LLC
Published: 2012-08-28T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Celeste slid her tray next to Tink’s. They sat on the far end of one of the long tables, away from everyone else.

He eyed her lunch: steamed veggies and a baked potato. “Carb loading, are we?”

She strained to smile back at him. Her head pounded with so much pain, even the effort to speak hurt. “Easy on the stomach.”

“Interesting.” He took a bite of his school café pizza. “Wow, that’s almost too greasy, even for me.”

She took a bite of her potato, determined to eat, drink, and medicate her headache away.

“So, how’s your head?” he asked.

“Still hurting,” she said. “All night, all day. Bad.”

He put his pizza down with a disgusted look on his face, then picked up a napkin and blotted the grease off the top. “You think it’s got something to do with them?”

“Yes, I can feel all of them, even now. It’s like a huge pressure on my head. I think I’m creating some sort of backlog or something.”

“Yikes,” he said. “Wish I could help.”

“Thanks.” She pulled some maximum strength pain reliever out of her purse and took two. She knew it wouldn’t help, because this wasn’t the kind of headache that came from the world she knew best, the world where she could drink a big glass of water and take a pill and her headache would disappear.

She made the mistake of glancing out one of the long narrow windows in the cafeteria. She saw the Sidhe moving in the shadows of the tree line, even in daylight. She lowered her voice. “Cripes. Outside, even now.”

He followed her eyes and stared at the trees. “I can’t see them. At all. Guess I should be glad.” He moved his eyes to her face. “I hope she can help you. You kind of look like crap.”

“Gee, thanks.” She knew she looked like crap. Overnight, dark circles had crept under her eyes, and she was encased in an oversized black hoodie with a white zigzag design down the sleeves. Not her usual style, but the long sleeves kept her arms and palms covered.

She scanned the expanse of the cafeteria. Since the school was so small, all the students had lunch at the same time, from the scared-looking freshman to the near-adult seniors. Maybe because it was pizza day, but it seemed everyone was there, eating in the school cafeteria. Except Rylan. She hadn’t seen him since he’d disappeared from her room. She’d replayed all of their interactions in her head, wondering what would happen if she had flirted more.

Instead, she was left with a huge, aching gap in her chest. Every touch left her flustered for hours, and every thought that crossed her brain bore his image.

It was troubling. She’d never pined for anyone like this before. Even now, sitting next to her awesome friend, trying to keep her fire under control, and dealing with the Sidhe screaming for their release in her head, all she could think about was him.

She tossed her fork back on the plastic tray.

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