Ungrateful Roommate: A Sci-fi Romance (Marnak Series Book 3) by Layla Stone

Author:Layla Stone [Stone, Layla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Prompt Penworks
Published: 2019-11-21T16:00:00+00:00

7

Sorn was gone before she woke up. The back-patio frame was locked into place and she hadn’t heard a thing.

It was Saturday morning, but it didn’t look or feel like it. The clouds were heavy, and the wind whistled like a banshee. A summer storm was coming. A bad one.

The clouds clashed and growled; a monster ready to pounce. By the sound of it, it was going to bring devastating winds, rain and lightning with that extra special Marnak flare: the chemicals in the air would charge from the lightning and cascade on the wet soil, making the ground deadly to anyone outside.

Traffic and all outside ventures were put on hold until the storm relented.

Her front door pinged and Ryya jumped, assuming Sorn was back to beg for a place to stay in the storm.

Stomping down the hall she planned to tell him no… but that was the anger talking. There was no way in hell she would risk his life because of a stupid, insensitive comment. He may be an anti-Terran, but he did help her out – a Demon favor – and instead of getting one in return, she kicked him out of the house.

He was rude, and he deserved it. But she didn’t want him to die.

Before she got to the door, she looked at the security display and zoomed in on the person outside.

Jay.

She cursed. If it started to rain, he could have got trapped in a Nack Krawler and died.

Jay shouted at the camera, “I know you’re in there. I saw your Dwarf.”

Opening the door, she gestured for him to come in. “I wasn’t hiding, I had to walk from the kitchen.”

Jay wrapped a cybernetic hand around her throat and smashed her against the wall. With his cybernetic legs he was taller, looking down at her, his eyes small pin pricks. “You sent a Demon to embarrass me?” he hissed. His voice shook with fury.

The pressure on her neck made it hard to breathe. She tried to answer but he squeezed harder and she couldn’t help screaming out.

“We’re supposed to be family!” Jay pulled her away from the wall far enough that when he shoved her back, it knocked her head. He was crushing her throat and tears sprang to her eyes.

“Don’t you ever think you can get away with that, Ryya. Don’t you ever.”

He let her go. She staggered and fell to the floor, coughing as she tried to suck in air, and vomited. Her throat, mouth and nose burned.

“Where’s your Demon lover? I’m going to rip out his spine, and make you watch.”

Tears blurred her vision so much she didn’t see Jay’s foot until she felt the impact with her stomach.

Knocked out of air again, she tried to scream but not a sound came out.

“WHERE IS HE?”

Another kick, this one hit a rib bone, and she was able to suck in a breath. The hit hurt and she curled herself on the floor, hands over her head, trying hard to breathe. Everything hurt. She couldn’t think beyond the fact that she was in so much pain.

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