Sun Touched (Diamara Book 1) by J.C. Hart

Author:J.C. Hart [Hart, J.C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Etherhart Press
Published: 2015-08-13T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINETEEN

"Well?" Tahra asked as soon as Garrett closed the door behind them. "Did it work? What took you so long?"

"It did work. Madea fell asleep afterwards, and I thought she needed the rest, so we stayed—"

"Don't you realize how dangerous that was? Anyone could have found you." Tahra planted her hands on the desk and stood, a vein in her neck pulsing.

"It was perfectly safe. We were well away from the domes and you know none of the city folk venture out that far." Garrett's shoulders tensed.

"And what about wild animals?"

"I was with her the whole time. You know I would never jeopardise her safety." He took a step forward, the intensity on his face matching Tahra's.

"I'm right here, you know, and I'm perfectly capable of looking out for myself." Madea slid herself between them, cutting her mother's gaze off from Garrett. "I know I'm new to this whole 'Touched' thing, but I'm not an innocent little girl who needs protecting."

Tahra's wrath melted somewhat and she sighed. "I didn't mean it like that. It's just that I've only had you back a few days. I couldn't bear it if anything happened to you."

Madea didn't say anything for a moment. The tension in the room was palpable, but she forcibly relaxed her shoulders and held out her hand to her mother. "Do you want a pancake? Garrett made them."

Tahra shifted her glare back to him. "You stopped to make—"

"They're really good. Here, try one." Madea pried one of Tahra's hands from the desk and placed a pancake in it. Her mother grudgingly took a bite, and a slow smile spread across her face. "Thanks, I guess I am a bit hungry. Still, you should have checked in first."

"She's pregnant, Tahra, in case you'd forgotten. Pregnant women need to eat, you remember that, don't you?"

"Again, I'm right here..." Madea bit her lip. "Is there any chance you could give me a moment with my mother?"

"Sure." He frowned, flicking his gaze to Tahra and back again before heading for the door. Once he was gone Madea let out the breath she was holding.

"I don't remember you being this..." She pursed her lips, struggling to find the right word.

"This what?" Tahra asked.

"This bitchy! I remember you as loving and kind. You were my rock, the one who made sure I settled in once we got here, made sure I had friends. You were my favourite parent." Her shoulders sagged.

"And now?" Sadness tinged Tahra's voice.

"Now I don't know." Madea shrugged. "I don't know what to think, or feel, but those things I thought I knew about you? There are only echoes of them now."

"Things change, Madea. And yes, I've changed too. I had to let that woman go. You think I would have survived if I had clung to my past? It would have killed me, and there was no way I would give Carson that satisfaction." The sneer on Tahra's face transformed her into someone entirely different. In that moment there wasn't an ounce of the mother Madea had known, the mother she had hoped to regain.

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