Watcher (The Shades Saga Book 1) by Knox Ana

Author:Knox, Ana [Knox, Ana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-11-25T05:00:00+00:00

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When the heat subsided, it was like an adrenaline crash. Mara felt as if she had just run a marathon. The two blocks she walked to her apartment felt like miles with her mind racing all the while. By the time she made it home, she had convinced herself all she needed was a few good hours of sleep, real , deep sleep. She wasn’t losing her mind. She was just tired. Insomnia had been known to cause hallucinations. That’s all it was. There was no need to see a doctor. She wouldn’t even bother telling Axl about what she’d been experiencing. What was the point in worrying her? The remedy to her problem was a sleeping pill. Easy as pie.

Mara dragged herself through her apartment door, ready to slam back enough Benadryl to knock out a horse and burrow in her bed for the next sixteen hours. The smell of mushrooms and garlic, however, woke her. Her stomach growled and ached. Pizza, still hot. She shuffled to the open box on the kitchen counter and pulled out a slice.

“Hey,” she called, mouth full.

“Hey!”

Mara followed Axl’s voice to the bathroom. She took one look at the ungodly amount of eyeliner Axl was applying and nearly chucked her pizza at her. “Damn it!” she whined. “I should have known this pizza was a bribe.” She dropped to the floor, leaned her head against the wall, and shoved another bite into her mouth.

“Oh, come on,” Axl said. She wetted her fingers and rubbed her hair around every which way. The messy look. She gave herself one last glance in the mirror, then turned to Mara. “You seriously need a night out.”

“I’m tired,” Mara said around a mouthful of crust. “In case you haven’t noticed, I haven’t slept in, like, two weeks, and I just worked a twelve-hour shift.”

“Hey, I worked today, too, and you don’t see me complaining.”

Mara rolled her eyes. “You’re a freelance web designer,” she said. “You set your own hours.”

“Yeah, and I give myself grueling, grueling four-hour shifts,” Axl said. “Do you know how crappy it is to sit and stare at a computer screen for hours on end? I’ve got astigmatism and bad posture.”

Mara couldn’t help the laugh that shook free. “Poor you.”

“I know, right?” Axl held out a hand. “Come on. You can handle it.”

“I seriously can’t.”

“Please?” Axl pleaded. She stuck out her bottom lip and whimpered like a puppy. “For me?”

“The fact that I’m even considering it proves insomnia is making me crazy,” Mara said, and Axl smiled.

“Drinks on me, promise.”

God, am I really going to do this?

“Fine,” Mara said, curling into a ball on the floor and rubbing her tired eyes. “But I’m wearing scrubs.”

“No, you’re not.”

“Yes.”

“Nope.” Axl bent and smacked Mara on the ass. “Get up. I’ll pick something out for you.”

Mara groaned. “I’m regretting so many choices right now,” she said. “Number one being you. Here. In my apartment.”

“If I recall, and I do , I’m here as a favor to you,” Axl said.

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