Apocalipstick (Hell in a Handbag Book 1) by Lisa Acerbo
Author:Lisa Acerbo [Acerbo, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: DLG Publishing Partners
Published: 2021-03-23T22:00:00+00:00
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Darkness rested comfortably by the time Caleb and Jenna settled in the vehicle.
Emma peered at her through the open driverâs side window.
âThank everyone for offering the use of the car.â Jennaâs fingers combed through her ponytail, which reached her waist. âWe are off to save Quentin. Itâs a mission like none other and one we promise to return from.â
âI have misgivings.â Emma placed a hand on the car window frame. âObviously, the whole group does, or the vote would have been different. But we canât stop you. Can we?â
A brief smile reached her lips. âMy mind is made up. Sorry. I have my sidekick for safety.â
Caleb tugged on the sleeve of her camouflage jacket. âYouâre the sidekick.â
âYou want to fight about it?â
âWe might have to.â
Emma stepped back. âI see you two have this under control. Come back safe.â She blew them both a kiss before heading back into the inn.
The car purred to life. He navigated the winding driveway in the dark with ease, the only noise coming from the engine and the crunch of the tires on the gravel.
Jenna hugged herself.
This coat better still be a good luck charm. Havenât needed to wear it much of late, she thought, but it kept me alive when I traveled alone. Letâs hope jacket magic still exists.
Should she start a conversation with Caleb? Where to begin? Caleb ghosted her. How did one communicate with a ghost?
But he was here now. She couldnât thank him enough. If only it wasnât so awkward. She wasnât a great conversationalist to begin with. The more she considered it, the more strained the silence became.
My high school friends always used to joke with boys or talk sports. There were no sports to debate unless zombie killing counted. That left being funny. Not her forte, but witty banter it would be. She had to try something. The void was driving her crazy.
âHey?â She frowned at her ineptitude.
âHey, yourself.â
âHow are you?â She bumbled along. âWe havenât really had a chance to talk in a while.â This was going brilliantly.
âLosing Eric was harder than I thought it would be. Let me rephrase. Death is never easy, but Eric was like a brother to me. Losing him after the death of all the other people in my life, hit hard.â
âI understand, but everyone was there for you. I would have helped any way possible. We were all grieving the loss.â
âI had to mourn in my own way. It was easier to confide to Victor. He understands the depth of New Race emotions, which might sound odd, but once you change, itâs intense.â
âWhat do you mean?â
âThink of it this way. The world is all primary colors. Vivid and intense. Love has depth I didnât understand when human, but it makes the emotions dangerous. You become connected to a personâs life in ways you couldnât when they are human. Iâm not sure if itâs the heightened senses or something else, but pain of loss hurts a hundred times more than it did before the change.
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