Siren Dreams (The Rise of Ares Book 2) by Jade Frances

Author:Jade Frances [Frances, Jade]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-09-27T05:00:00+00:00

Sandra slammed the door shut to the campervan. Which did not help the pounding in my head.

“Keeping secrets from us now, huh,” she spat at me as she sat in the seat opposite. The crease above her brows and narrowed eyes bore into me as she waited for my response.

“It wasn’t a secret Sandra. I didn’t know what it all meant.”

“And you didn’t think to let us in so that we might help you figure it out,” she shouted.

I groaned and laid my head back on the seat, staring at the felt roof.

“Rose...”

“Sorry Ev, I’m with Sandra on this one. You should have told us.” I could feel Rose’s gaze on me with the same intensity as Sandra’s.

“We are supposed to trust each other. Support each other and all that. Clearly you don’t feel that way.” Sandra huffed. “You can’t even look at us, you know you’re in the wrong!”

My head snapped up, and I looked directly at her.

“Sandra just stop. My head’s pounding, everything is happening too fast and I don’t know what to think or who to trust! I am sorry I didn’t tell you, but tonight was the first time I got any clear communication! And I still don’t know who he is or what it means. So please, I understand why you’re feeling the way you are, but keep your bitching to yourself.”

Sandra stared at me with her mouth open. Snapping it shut, she threw me a filthy look and turned to face the window.

“You could always have trusted us,” she whispered.

Guilt coursed through me. She was right. Maybe I should have confided in them. But with so much happening on the tour, we weren’t the closest that we had ever been. The feeling of being overwhelmed was taking over me and a hint of panic was rising. Avetta had been serious when she said the academy is going to be attacked. She had ushered us all into the vans before any of us could ask questions. Callista had bid us farewell and gave me an extra-long hug. Rose whispering pulled me from my thoughts.

“You put Pearce through a month of hell for betraying your trust, Evvy. You’ve done the same to us,” she turned to look at me. Sorrow filled her eyes.

“It’s not the same Rose, I didn’t choose this.” I sighed back.

“That’s all you keep saying Ev, but you are choosing to keep things from us.” The disappointment in her voice hurt more than Sandra’s shouting. Rose always tried to diffuse situations rather than add to them. I guess this time, I had pushed them too far.

“I’m sorry,” I whispered back and curled into a ball on my seat. Pulling a blanket over myself, I closed my eyes as my tears silently fell.

***

Three days we had been on the road heading back for the academy. Three days the girls had barely spoken a word to me. We had just been told we would stop for the night as we still had another two day’s journey.

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