Wonder: A why choose Alice retelling (Forbidden Fairytales) by Evelyn Flood

Author:Evelyn Flood [Flood, Evelyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-08-29T00:00:00+00:00

22 – Alyss

Opening my eyes, I blink at the gray ceiling. There’s a stain directly over my head.

This feels familiar.

Turning my head, I wince at the soreness. Every part of my body is aching as if I’ve just run—

Oh, that’s right. I pretty much have run a marathon. Half of it holding up a ridiculously muscled man.

You’re way too fucking soft, Alyss Lidell.

The room around me is silent. Everyone is sleeping, or pretending to.

Chess is propped up against the wall beside my head, his ass planted on the floor and his head tilting forward. My eyes travel down to where he’s still gripping my hand on top of the flimsy excuse for bedding they’ve given us.

Squeezing, inside my chest. Swallowing around the desert that seems to have taken up residence in my throat, I glance over at Hatter. He’s on the bed on the other side of Chess; his face turned in my direction.

Deep purple circles linger beneath his closed eyelids, evidence of his exhaustion.

On the other side of me, a bed creaks. I turn to Buck. He has his back to me, his body shifting awkwardly on top of the small mattress before he stills.

I lay there for a few more minutes, my thoughts wandering. I don’t look over at where the twins are sleeping.

When my bladder is yelling louder than the thoughts running rampant through my mind, I slip my hand out of Chess’s and push myself upright, biting back a groan. And then I pause, sniffing.

Wow.

A shower. I definitely need a shower. And a fucking toothbrush wouldn’t go amiss either, although I don’t remember seeing any in there.

I suppose that dental hygiene isn’t something our benevolent overlords particularly care about, since we’re all marked for death anyway.

I’d rather not die with a carpet mouth, though.

I stare down at the filthy, ripped, sweat-stained clothes I’m still wearing and sigh. At least someone removed those fucking shoes. I glare at them as I pad past, toward the door to the communal bathroom.

Still contemplating the sorry state of clothing that I’ll have to put back on after I shower, I don’t bother to knock. Don’t bother to check.

I just walk in.

My body locks up, heat burning a fiery trail across my cheeks. “Uh—,”

Kayden and his twin turn to stare at me.

None of us move.

I’m not particularly averse to nudity. Hell, half the time I prefer it. But the sight of both of them standing there under the water, soap suds trailing down two sets of impressively defined pecs, lower… I swallow.

“Um. Sorry. I’ll just—,”

“Are you okay?” Kayden’s twin reaches out with his hand before I can spin around and make a hasty exit. He looks concerned. “You need anything?”

I shake my head a little frantically, my hands flapping in a weird sort of brush off movement that I don’t ever remember making before. And my fucking voice – I didn’t actually know it could get that damn high. “No! Nope. I’m fine. Very – very fine.”

Oh, god. My eyes drag down his chest, catching the glint of a nipple ring before I whirl.

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