Envy by Lana Pecherczyk

Author:Lana Pecherczyk
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Prism Press
Published: 2019-03-09T16:00:00+00:00

Twenty-One

When Evan returned, the hushed arguments were in full swing. The girls were in the middle of the u-shaped booth and on either side of them sat Griffin and Tony who were enthralled in Wyatt’s explanation of what his ramekin full of brown fluff was. Parker stood blocking Wyatt’s exit. Mary and Flint took up space next to Tony at the opposite exit of the booth. Thankfully, they were the last table at the end of the restaurant, and had a little privacy, otherwise the entire restaurant would be spectators to their current drama. Maybe he should have booked the private dining room.

Wyatt caught Evan’s approach and made to leave.

“I’m not doing this,” he growled.

Parker placed a firm hand on Wyatt’s shoulder. An animalistic rumble came from the base of Parker’s throat and he bared his teeth. “You’re not going anywhere. It’s high time you stopped acting like a complete fuckwit and dealt with this.”

A hush fell over the table.

When Parker wanted to make his prideful opinion known, he did it in style, except this was the first time Evan heard that feral noise. The snarl had been utterly beast-like, and Parker prowled back and forth in front of the table, fists clenching, muscles rolling, veins in his forearms writhing. He looked like a giant demon, or fallen angel about to wreak havoc.

“Don’t push me, Wyatt,” Parker snapped. “This involves all of us.”

“What the fuck do you care? You live in your Ivory Tower, far from the rest of us lowly peasants,” Wyatt spat. “In fact, none of you are really here. Apart from the little fuck-up there, none of you give a shit anymore. You don’t do anything to help the city. You say you do, but I know you’re too proud to actually get out there.”

Evan was taken aback; Wyatt had actually noticed he’d been trying to make things right. For a moment, Evan was transported back to elementary school when he got into a fight with another kid in the school yard. It was so long ago that he couldn’t remember what it was about, but this other kid had thrown the first punch.

Evan knew he was special, and that they were in hiding. His parents and siblings had drilled it into him, You’re stronger than the other kids, so stay out of trouble otherwise you’ll get noticed. The Hildegard Sisterhood will find you and take you away from us.

When the teacher came over and caught Evan defending himself during this fight, Evan was blamed. He only pushed the kid off him, but caused bruising and damage. Wyatt had turned up, somehow there to save him. He’d defended Evan and explained to the teacher what he saw. In the end, Evan still received detention, and it had devastated him. He hated getting in trouble and knew that it compromised their safety and feared it would cause the end of the world as he knew it.

That night when they got home, Wyatt had asked Evan if he’d heard the biblical story of Lazarus.

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