Try Pink by Max Ellendale

Author:Max Ellendale [Ellendale, Max]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Max Ellendale
Published: 2015-03-08T05:00:00+00:00

Rumble

"Jess." Hot breath met my ear, pulling me from sleep. "Jess."

I gasped and fumbled for the table lamp beside my bed. In the dim light, Jillian perched on the edge of the bed, looking down at me. "What's the matter?" I asked groggily, sitting up and brushing the hair from my face.

"It's snowing and windy. It keeps knocking the power out," she whispered. Even in the soft light, worry tainted her expression.

"The complex has a generator. It'll kick on." Thunder cracked and the light flickered out.

"It's a blizzard."

"And some thundersnow. We get them from time to time when they come from the coast," I said, lifting the blanket for her to climb under. She accepted the invitation without hesitation and scooted close to me. "You don't like snow?"

"I don't like dark," she said as I tucked the blanket around her. "You must think I'm stupid."

"I don't think that, Jilly." I yawned and felt something tug around my neck.

"What's this?" she asked. "Is it attached to you?"

"It's a necklace. One of Gray's tags," I said, laughing a little bit at the strange question. I could feel her running her fingers over it before setting it back on my chest.

"Oh. It was on the pillow," she said. I couldn't see her in the darkness, but I felt her move beside me, bouncing the bed a little. A moment later, a light caress met my stomach, before she rested her hand an inch below my navel. I didn't move or breathe. Soft puffs of breath met my cheek as she lay beside me. She stroked the skin just beneath the waist of my shorts. After awhile, my body unlocked, and I rested my hand on top of hers. That seemed to satisfy her and, in time, she dozed off. Eventually, after I got used to the idea of someone else in my bed, sleep dragged me under.

When I opened my eyes again, Jillian sat on the edge of the bed, facing the doorway.

"What's going on?"

"I hear a noise."

"What?" I sat up quickly, tossing off the blankets. "Why didn't you wake me?"

"I couldn't tell the difference between the banging and the wind." The bedside lamp flickered along with the sound of whipping wind.

"Stay here," I said, exiting the bed and drawing my old service weapon from the nightstand.

"Shit," Jillian said, hugging a pillow to her chest.

"I mean it. Stay here," I warned and stalked out of the bedroom, gun drawn.

Flickering lights sent rounded, humanoid shadows all over the living room. I checked the back door first, the latch and lock remained. The front door sat secured as well. My heart thundered in a way it hadn't since the force. I searched every room, every closet to no avail. The snow clouded my vision as I opened the back door, searching the back patio and garage. Nothing. I returned to Jillian, who continued to hug a pillow on the bed. I stroked her hair as I returned the gun to its home in the nightstand, checking to make sure the safety remained on.

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