A Poised Nuisance (Lithe Book 1) by Iris RIvers

Author:Iris RIvers [RIvers, Iris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: iris rivers
Published: 2020-04-05T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” ―Marie Curie

Kai was burning.

No—he was dying.

Stuck inside the walls of the church, Kai couldn’t remember where the exit was. The pews were lit in flames, the smell of wood and ash clogging the spaces between his chest. He heard a crash from the walls; glass shattered beneath his feet. He turned over his palms to find them bloody and splintered.

Is this from the glass? Kai thought, letting the blood drip down to the sallow floors. Or is this from touching Lara?

“God,” he pleaded, using his arms to cover his burning eyes, and then swore. There was no god in this church. Not anymore. Not after he had done what he had done—to her.

He could feel his skin melting like sugar in a beverage, could feel the very print of his thumb perish in the poisoned air. The stinging in his eyes had become too much to handle; he tried closing them, but he couldn’t. He was too immersed in the vividness of color around him.

Red. Only red.

It was the color of everything he hated. Blood. Gore. Lara.

The flames caged him from within, and Kai fell to the floor, letting the fire wither through his jeans. He was sure his bones had begun to disintegrate. His lips widened as he gasped for air. He could still remember the taste of her as he devoured her whole. It was intoxicating, like a vector he could never stray from.

Lara, Lara, Lara. Kai let his head fall to the floor. My ruination. My curse. The flames swallowed his body, starting from his legs and then moving to his hands. He did not tremble.

A pounding came from beside him—so loud, so painful, Kai had to push his shaky hands against his ears. Is it her? Has she come to watch me die? He tried to ignore it, but it continued, increasing in intensity, creeping closer to Kai with every second.

Kai opened his eyes. He was not burning but alive. Alive and breathing. Alive and whole.

He sat up from his bed quickly, his breaths coming out in incomplete gasps. Sweat lined his body, suffocating the insides of his skin. The silk of his sheets itched against his legs. The knocking continued outside of his plaguing nightmare. It was coming from his front door, the noise vibrating against his adorned walls. He reached for his phone, checking the time—11:43 a.m.

Kai jumped out of bed, wanting to rid himself of the feeling that came along with the dream he had just been drowned in—burned in. Grabbing a shirt from the floor, he walked to the front door and yanked it open, angered that he’d been woken up—despite the horror of his dreams—expecting to see Jehovah’s Witnesses or even a girl scout, but it was Farrow.

Kai squinted. “What are you doing here?” He stepped aside to let her in.

“I was beginning to

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