Secrets (The Guardian Trilogy) by Liz Schulte

Author:Liz Schulte [Schulte, Liz]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2011-11-22T05:00:00+00:00

EIGHTEEN

Having Olivia stay with me was turning into one of the most frustrating and enlightening periods of my life. I worried constantly that someone was after her, someone would catch us, she would find out what I was, she would leave, and the list continued on forever. But there was nothing. No sign of them. Between the nagging concern and the lack of sleep, my barriers were weakening. I desperately needed to blow off some steam, appease the evil inside of me, but I couldn’t leave her long enough to do so. What if I went out one morning and someone came by my apartment? It wasn’t worth the risk. I had to stay with her even though I knew the center couldn’t hold. It was only matter of time, before I lost control around her or something tipped her off.

Don’t get me wrong, I was glad she was there. I wanted nothing more than that. Our conversations were often like mental sparring. She challenged me at every turn. Nothing escaped her notice, and she would ferret it away in her head for later use. Her mind was sharp and her senses honed. Catching me in a lie was no easy feat, yet Olivia seemed to sense them in air. She had an inner light that wasn’t like other people. It was pure and honest, but not overwhelming. It was like the moon.

Olivia had yet to sleep a decent night’s sleep. She tossed and turned, dozing for an odd hour here or there, but always waking up in pain. I so wanted to keep her from feeling what she was feeling, but there was nothing I could do to help her. Her mother called constantly, confused as to why Olivia chose to stay with me rather than come home. Olivia never said anything, but I think she liked my place because there was nothing in it that reminded her of Juliet. My apartment had become a world for just the two of us.

There were times I questioned whether or not she could survive this kind of loss, wondered if I wasn’t just watching her slowly die. Her constitution seemed to weaken daily. Her frailty became more and more pronounced as each day passed. She couldn’t continue on like this. She needed purpose. Originally, I was against her looking into Juliet’s death. However, the longer we put it off, the more I began to believe it might be the very best thing for her. It would focus her mind on something besides sadness and dissecting me.

So long as I could control the course of the investigation, there shouldn’t be any problems. When the clues brought us a little too close to my world, as they inevitably would, I could steer her away from it. The feeling in her apartment was unmistakable. It was unholy, like the theater. They may not have found her with me, but they were looking for her. My time with Olivia was coming to an end very soon.

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