Sacrifice by Anna Santos

Author:Anna Santos [Santos, Anna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Crystal Palace Publishing
Published: 2018-12-10T18:30:00+00:00

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Alaric dodged the group of people walking past him by ducking his head and making sure his hoodie shielded his face as best as possible. It wasn’t his first stroll around Affinity, and it wasn’t going to be his last. He had managed to avoid being recognized for the past nights he had snuck to get himself drunk while Olivia remained in the rented apartment throwing fits.

With a paper bag wrapped around his bottle of whiskey, he walked through the back channel and took the stairs to his own apartment. Without knocking on the door, he shoved it open and walked right in to sit on the armchair by the window and enjoy the view.

“I’ve been looking everywhere for you,” Olivia protested.

He ignored her and gazed into the street where people walked without any care in the world.

Olivia moved closer and leaned against the wall. “What exactly are we doing here? It has been six days, and all you’ve done is wandering the streets at night dressed in that silly hoodie.”

He took a few more mouthfuls from his bottle before placing it down by his leg. “I’ve told you already. We are here to get revenge from my family.”

“Does that involve drowning yourself in whiskey and always smelling like a bum? Because that’s not enticing at all.”

“It’s easy to get drunk when I’m a human. It stops the pain, too.”

Olivia moved in front of him with closed fists. “I’ve been working my butt in that stupid coffee shop while you just stay here and do nothing. Now, I come home and see that you didn’t even cook dinner or washed the clothes like I had asked you.”

Alaric snorted. “I’m royalty. Do you really think that I’ve washed anything in my life?”

“Apparently not, but you are human for the time being, and you need to eat. Plus, you don’t have money to pay a maid to clean. We’ve wasted my father’s money buying papers and renting this rathole for you to stalk your father’s new wife.”

Alaric shoved her aside and got up. “Seth will bring me my money as soon as I give him what he wants. Plus, I would get killed if someone recognized me.”

She paid his kindness with the same reply by pushing him and folding her arms in front of him. “You didn’t seem to fear that when you went to get your booze.”

“You refused to buy me my alcohol,” he shouted.

“And you stole my tips. That money was mine.”

Rolling his eyes, Alaric grabbed his bottle and dragged his feet to the bedroom.

Olivia yelled, “Aren’t you going to eat?”

“I’m not hungry.” He slammed the door and fell on his knees.

Drinking some more, he dragged his tired body to the bed where he climbed and drooled against the comforter as the bottle dropped next to his face.

“Fucking bitch. I’ll kill you when I don’t need you anymore. Wait until I get my powers back.”

He didn’t know when he had fallen asleep, but he woke up when frozen water hit his face and damped his body.

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