Unsung Requiem by Stone C. L

Author:Stone, C. L. [Stone, C. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: love triangle, young adult contemporary romance, Young Adult, Mystery, teen, The Academy, Romance, reverse harem romance, new adult, Contemporary
Goodreads: 25448944
Publisher: Arcato Publishing
Published: 2021-08-16T07:00:00+00:00

Decelerando

(Slowing down)

Victor

The motel the other part of the team had settled for across town from where Mr. Buble had placed Sang and the others was small, run by a mom-and-pop team on the outskirts of John’s Island.

After too few hours of restless sleep, Victor woke up to someone shaking his arm.

Victor tried to force his eyes open, but it wasn’t easy. His mouth and throat ached being so dry. It was uncomfortably hot even with just the itchy white sheet over him.

More shaking at his arm. “What?” he mumbled.

“Quick, before he comes back,” he heard Kota asking. “Tell me if you’ve told him anything.”

Victor groaned and flopped over on the lumpy motel bed, only to discover not only Kota was hovering over him, but also Luke and Gabriel, so close he could smell sticky sweet sugar from their breaths.

Victor blinked hard and pushed a hand toward Luke’s face, which had been closer, nearly in kissing range. “Okay, guys, back up. What are you talking about?”

“Mr. Buble,” Gabriel said over top of everyone else trying to explain. His big blue eyes widened, and he pushed a forefinger at Victor’s chest. “Don’t play dumb. Did you say anything? Why is he saying you and Sang are about to team up tonight? Why did he insist it was you?”

“Get off of me,” Victor said, pushing Gabriel’s hand away and rubbing at his eyes. He was trying to wake up enough to remember even where he was, or what job Mr. Buble might have meant for this evening. The clock on the side table between the two beds said eight thirty. Victor had passed right out the moment they got in and he thought he’d get much more sleep than this.

“Also—” Gabriel slapped lightly at Victor’s exposed thigh. Victor jumped slightly away from him. “That’s for being a stupid head about the drugs and the drinking.”

“You already told me off for that.”

“I wanted to do it when you were sober. I didn’t get my turn yet.”

Victor sniffed and sat up on the bed, pulling away from the other three. “Can I just please wake up first? Are we having to go somewhere?”

“I’m already having to explain why we were gone most of the day yesterday and not helping Sang and Nathan when they were going through my mom’s room,” Kota said.

Oh yeah. So much had happened, it was hard to remember. Victor stood up, hovering on the carpet, lightheaded, likely from lack of sleep and low blood sugar. He was in the same T-shirt he’d been wearing... was this day two? The boxers were the same as well, and he was feeling grungy. Still, a shower might have to wait. “Catch me up?”

“Just tell me what you told him,” Kota said. He was frowning, clearly not worried about his mother. Maybe, like Victor, he doubted Sang’s and Nathan’s initial suspicions and was just waiting for clear proof it wasn’t her.

Victor frown. “I didn’t say anything, except he found me and her in Mr. Griffin’s bed when he came in to warn us about the cameras.

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