A Touch Morbid by Leah Clifford

Author:Leah Clifford
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯)
Publisher: HarperCollins US
Published: 2012-03-18T14:16:38+00:00

CHAPTER 18

Sullivan hadn’t said much. They walked fast, covering the ground between her hotel and the apartment in fifteen minutes. He kept wanting to ask her if she was all right, but it seemed sort of stupid. She’d almost jumped off a building.

He glanced down at her, trying to think of something to say, and settled for putting his arm around her. For a second she tensed and he thought she’d shrug it off, but she didn’t. He could feel her shaking, even through his thick coat.

A two-block straight shot and they’d be at the apartment. He’d been cautious, taken a few extra turns when he’d noticed a guy walking their same way for more than a block, not wanting to ask her what Vaughn looked like and scare her. Definitely not wanting to run into the Bound, but unsure what any of them looked like. The Fallen hadn’t bothered them since the roof, minus the few boxes that had come for Eden.

No one seemed to have followed them.

He glanced at Sullivan again, watching her face. He’d seen glints of things in her last night, determination and adventurousness that he envied. The Touch had brought them out, but if she didn’t kick the habit, it would also be what killed them off. She’d been so close to going over the edge last night. What if he hadn’t woken up?

She looked up and caught him staring. “Don’t look at me like that,” she said, cold enough to break the mood.

“Like what?”

She sighed angrily. “I don’t know. Like I’m going to take off on you.”

He shook his head. “I was thinking about how you were last night. Like how you just decided you wanted to kiss me and went for it.” She tensed, but he went on. “So I think if you wanted to take off, you could.” They were getting close to the apartment. He took his arm from her shoulder and pulled out his keys. “I also think if you wanted to quit Touch, you could do that, too.”

She looked up at him in surprise. Her lips parted, but she closed them a second later so he leaned forward and kissed her quickly.

“We’re almost there,” he said.

Jarrod noticed the two Siders on the stairs. He led Sullivan past them up to the security door, his key ready.

“Hey, man,” one of them said. “She’s going to start coming out again, right? If we wait?”

“No.” He kept his voice firm, slipped his key into the lock. He had Sullivan go through first, wanted her out of their sight. Jarrod closed the door behind them, making sure it latched. He didn’t think anyone knew what apartment they were in but could only imagine what would happen if the Siders started knocking on the door instead of hanging out front.

“They’re waiting for your roommate?” Sullivan asked, glancing back out the window next to the door. A face pressed against the glass, watching them. Suddenly, Jarrod realized how much he hadn’t told her.

“For Eden. Yeah.”

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