Wild One by Donna Augustine

Author:Donna Augustine [Augustine, Donna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-26T16:00:00+00:00

17

The temperature must’ve dropped thirty degrees from that afternoon, and it felt more like forty every time the wind blew. My jaw smacked together so violently that I was expecting to spit teeth out soon. The palm I smashed up against it did little to stop the chattering because my hand was shaking even worse.

I glanced over my shoulder at where Tuesday had curled up beside Koz. If he was anything like Callon, he threw heat off like a bonfire.

Koz stared back. “You don’t look so good,” he said quietly, to keep from waking a sleeping Tuesday.

“I’m fine.” I tried to speak without chattering. I turned back around and used my arm to sweep some more leaves over me.

“Someone needs to sleep with Teddy. She sounds like she’s about to get hypothermia,” Koz said a second later.

“She’s fine,” Callon said, the words sounding like they ran over a grate as he spoke.

Footsteps neared and then Zink said, “Humans aren’t that useful, but I’m not sure I can watch her freeze to death.”

I squinted an eye open and looked at where Zink stood staring at me, completely comfortable, as if it were a balmy spring day.

“I said I’m fine.” I closed my eyes, intent on ignoring him.

I heard a few more steps and then another person walking over. “What are you doing?” Callon asked.

“Keeping her from freezing to death?” Zink offered. “Unless you want to?”

“No,” Callon barked, as if having to sleep next to me last night had been so terrible.

I’d slept like a babe, but I guess I snored or something. What if I’d drooled on him? I almost hoped I’d freeze to death in the night and wouldn’t have to think of that again.

“Didn’t you sleep near her last night?” Zink asked, wondering the same as I.

Well, he wasn’t wondering if I’d drooled. Who knew you could die of embarrassment at the same time you froze to death?

“I don’t need any of you. You can all fuck off,” I said. Or that was what I tried to say, but my words came out a mess of stuttering and huffs. I was fairly certain the only clear words were “need” and “fuck,” because that was the kind of night I was having.

Zink tilted his chin up and raised an eyebrow my way.

“She told us to fuck off. Not what you’re thinking,” Callon said.

“Shame. I was just about to revise my opinion that maybe humans were good for something.” Zink shrugged and then took a step forward, but Callon cut him off.

“What are you doing?” Callon asked.

“I told you. She’s freezing, and you, well…”

“You. Can’t,” Callon said, his voice at a near growl. “That’s not a smart option.”

Figured he’d let me freeze because he had ice in his veins. Not that I’d die. Didn’t need him. I didn’t need anyone. I’d make it through tonight with the hate burning in my chest, fueled by every mean thing he did.

“Oh shit. Really?” Koz said, awe in his voice. “What are you going to do?”

“Nothing.

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