Beware by Adrian J. Smith

Author:Adrian J. Smith
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: vampires, paranormal, lesbian, monsters, lgbtq fiction
Publisher: Supposed Crimes, LLC

Chapter Twenty-One

After Faye had left her room, Molly couldn’t settle. Her bare feet padded across the floor as she paced back and forth, caught between her rage for her conversation with Joel and Faye, her desire to keep everything hidden, and guilt. For the first time in three decades, Molly felt a tinge of guilt tickling at the back of her heart.

Perhaps Joel had been right. Thirty years ago she had overreacted and done something she perhaps shouldn’t have and Lamek had suffered the consequences since. Cursing, she pulled off her robe and slipped into her favorite green dress. Joel had no idea what he was talking about and regret was not something Molly allowed herself.

The four inch heels Molly put on were perfect for what she needed, a distraction. With Faye’s help, she was feeling much better than hours before. Futzing with her hair and putting on a new layer of makeup, Molly stepped out of her bedroom for the first time in days. The halls felt so familiar yet so different.

Everything crumbled around her. Molly pressed her hand to the wall of the house, the house she had built from the ground up so many years before. Tears stung at her eyes. It was as though the house was living around her, that she could do nothing but feel the pulse beat beneath her fingers.

The house had been with her through thick and thin, through so much. Molly smiled and stepped away. She took the elevator down to the third floor and stepped out to find Amachon staring at her. The tears once again came unbidden, only this time she couldn’t hide them. And she didn’t need to.

Wrapping her arms around Amachon’s middle without warning, she burred her face in his chest. Amachon hesitated to put his arms around her, but eventually he hugged her back, dragging his large hand up and down her back. She melted into him.

“What is this about?” he asked slowly after a few minutes.

Molly shook her head into his chest, then drew in a deep breath. “Joel brought something up.”

“What?”

Sighing, Molly pulled back and wiped her eyes. “Pearl.”

Amachon grunted and stepped away. “You haven’t spoken of your sister since she died.”

Whimpering, Molly shook her head. “I haven’t had cause to think of her.”

“You think of her.”

She couldn’t fault him. Molly remembered her sister, and since Malek’s reappearance, she thought of Pearl quite often. Brushing her fingers through her hair, she stepped farther away from him. “It’s nothing.”

“It’s not nothing.”

“Is Malek awake?”

He grunted an affirmation.

“I think I’ll speak with him.” She went to move away, but Amachon put a hand on her arm to stop her. She stared down at it before turning her chin up at him to stare into those golden eyes.

“It’s okay to miss her.”

“I do.” She gave him a wan smile. “I do miss her.”

“Tell Faye. She’ll understand.”

Molly gave him a disbelieving look before she walked away and into the medical area. Malek was sitting up on the bed, staring at her over a book as she came in.

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