The Haunting of Violet Gray by Emily Sadovna

Author:Emily Sadovna [Sadovna, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781527230019
Publisher: MG Publishing.
Published: 2018-10-30T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 15

I glared coldly at Tom and stormed up the stairs, desperate to escape, wishing to run away from the insane circus where I had become the main attraction. I threw the door open with rage and paced across the kitchen and collided with Joab.

“Hey…babe, what’s going on?”

I swung around and glared at him. “BABE? Since when was I your babe?” I hurled Joab’s attempt at endearment back with disgust. “I need to be alone right now…I am going out.”

I stormed out of the front door and powered along the road. I reached the stile and climbed over it, then walked through the churchyard and out in the open field on the other side of the hedgerow.

I came face-to-face with the jaunty-looking Mandy Lion and the sign promising to keep the good in and the evil out of the village.

“Oh, you can fuck off too!” I slammed my fist into its toothy grin and knocked his head off. I slumped down next to the decapitated scarecrow. I pulled my legs under my chin and allowed tears to pour down my face. I lay down on the hillside watching the wispy clouds in the blue sky.

“I thought I would never see her again.” Tom collapsed down next to me.

I froze, caught off guard by the unexpected intrusion. I searched for a polite way to tell the heartbroken boy to leave me alone. I glanced at his face, which was still pale with shock. I realised that he was probably feeling as stunned as me. Perhaps we could deal with this better together.

Tom sat up, plucked a strand of wheat and picked at it nervously. Then he glanced at me and quickly looked away.

“I feel like such an idiot. When we first met, I honestly didn’t make the connection between you and Violet. There was something vaguely familiar about you, but I couldn’t put my finger on why. It has been a really long time. Violet was beautiful, but it wasn’t really her appearance that I loved and remembered so fondly. I had never known a girl, a woman, who was so self-possessed. It was her energy that was utterly magnetic. She was formidable.”

I turned and scowled at Tom, preparing to depart in disgust. The girl Tom was describing was not the Violet I had experienced.

“She is an evil witch who made me as bait, so I could be hunted and killed so she could escape.”

Tom shook his head. “No, you’re wrong.” He seemed oblivious to my outburst. “It was impossible not to fall in love with her, and I did. So did Joab. He was just Joe back then, before he got pretentious and adapted his name to sound more modern. I was lucky; she chose me. Violet was the unforgettable love of my life. It has been a long time since I lost her. The memories become rose-tinted. Truthfully, she could be selfish, impulsive, completely unpredictable, explosive and infuriating. There were always two opposing sides to her.” Tom turned and looked at me; his expression softened.

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