The Bone Forest by V. J. Chambers

Author:V. J. Chambers [Chambers, V. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Punk Rawk Books
Published: 2019-09-03T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Wren opened her mouth to Hawk’s questing tongue. She had a strange urge to let it all go, to burrow her fingers into his chin-length hair and wrap her legs around his thighs and surrender to the dark sky and the stars and the empty, cold fire pit. She would give herself to Hawk under the dark shadows of the trees above and maybe it would all stop. Maybe that was what she was missing. Maybe it was that simple.

After it was done, she’d be free to leave.

She could skip off into the sunrise, and she would never have to come back here again.

And the kiss, it was nice. He had nice lips, and he was gentle, and it made her feel a bursting sweetness that traveled down her spine and set her awash in warmth like a springtime.

But she pushed him away.

“Hawk,” she said. “We can’t do that.”

“Sure, we can. Then we can wallow in regret in the come down.”

She laughed. “I’m not coming down off anything. You’re the one who’s not in your right head. You don’t know what you’re doing.”

“Yes, I do.” His voice was dark and rich.

She shook her head. “You didn’t want me before. You told me—”

“I always wanted you.” He was firm.

And maybe that should have made her feel something bad, some inky feeling invading her insides, because what did that mean? Did that mean that when she was ten, when they sent her to his bed—

But it didn’t feel bad. It felt good. It made her loose and taut at the same time, and she wanted nothing more than to throw herself into his arms again. She didn’t.

“Little bird,” he whispered, his voice gravelly.

“Let’s get you home,” she said. She took him by the hand and tugged on him.

“You’ll come with me?” he said, and there was an edge of desperation in his voice. “I don’t want to be alone.”

She nodded. “Yes, I’ll come.”

“Okay,” he said, and he let her lead the two of them back into the woods.

As they walked between the trees, the wind picked up speed around them, and it whistled through the branches, raining leaves down around them. It wouldn’t be long until it was full-blown autumn, and then all these trees would be naked against the wind. The longer they walked, the closer they got, huddling together against the night chill.

They didn’t speak, however. Maybe there was nothing to say, or maybe something about the night air stilled their tongues.

Eventually, they reached Hawk’s place, and they went inside.

She turned on the light and Hawk swore at her. She turned it back off and made do with the flashlight on her phone.

He didn’t like that either, but he let it go. He sat down on the couch in his living room, staring up at the ceiling.

“What did you take, Hawk?” she called from the bathroom. She had the medicine cabinet open. “Acid or mushrooms?”

No answer from him.

“Or something else?”

“Acid,” he said in a far-off voice.

She snatched up a bottle of Benadryl.

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