Unraveling by Sara Ella

Author:Sara Ella
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2017-05-30T04:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-SIX

No One Else

Long after Ky finishes playing, after his fingers slip from the ivories and fold between his knees, we remain silent. Eye contact? Nonexistent. Tension? Thicker than Reggie’s triple-layer fudge cake. The echo of Ky’s song in my head is the only sound. Haunting me. Raising more questions in my ready-to-explode brain. One stands out among the rest.

How is it possible we are this close? This fast?

My relationship with Joshua developed over a period of three years. But a couple weeks with Ky and we shared the rarest of kisses. I know a Kiss of Infinity stems from somewhere deep inside, from feelings you may not be aware you possess. Still, it seemed crazy.

Until now.

It’s as if our paths were meant to cross, our lips destined to meet. I questioned it before, but we must have something deeper. How else could he write a song melodizing my soul?

Is it possible we’ve met before?

Ky rubs his hands together, rests them on his thighs. If he listened to my thoughts just now, he gives nothing away. He remains cool. Collected. Quiet.

Not like himself at all.

I wish I could know what’s on his mind.

“You can.”

Blush. Could you try not to read every thought I think, please?

He shrugs. “Sorry. It was my connection to you while we were apart. I’ll try to refrain now that we’re together.”

Together. The word stirs something inside me. We’re close enough so when either of us makes the slightest shift, our arms brush. The electricity—our electricity—is undeniable. I should move away. Stand on the other side of the room. Recoil from the treacherous touch.

Treacherous because it awakens something that has been asleep since he left. Something missing between Joshua and me.

Ky . . . my fingers twiddle . . . that song . . . I tuck my hair behind my ears . . . You’ve been playing it for me. Haven’t you?

“I’d hoped you heard it.” He closes his right hand into a fist, taps it against his knee. “I wanted you to, though I couldn’t be sure.”

I angle to face him. My knee knocks his. He continues to study his lap as I think, I did. I heard every note.

He glances up. Stares at the sheet music before him. “I’d always wondered what kept the Void inside me from spreading after what Tiernan did to me.” He speaks without preface, as if he knows what I came to ask.

Duh. Of course he knows. He can read my mind.

“When I discovered David and I shared the Verity, I knew that had to be it. The Verity had to be what kept me from turning Soulless before. But it was more than that too. My desire not to turn Soulless was strong enough to fight the darkness within. You see, each of us who are Called, I wager we all hold a piece of the Verity—a piece of the goodness that stems from the light empowering our Callings.

“When David sent me away, I began to construct my theory.

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