Grimmstead Academy: Defiant Rebellion by Candace Wondrak

Author:Candace Wondrak [Wondrak, Candace]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten – Koda

Bram’s voice in my head got to me. As much as I didn’t want to listen to anything he said, he was probably right. If something happened in that basement, she wouldn’t still be down there. Our Felice likes to run, he told me. We should give chase.

I ignored him for a few minutes after Lucien, Victor and Payne disappeared into the basement, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized he was right. Bram knew prey. He knew the hunt, took pleasure in the chase; it’s what gave him life. If anyone could predict Felice’s movements, it was Bram.

“Okay,” I muttered under my breath. “If she’s not down there, where would she be?” Talking out loud to Bram wasn’t necessary; all I had to do was think what I wanted to say and he’d hear me, but sometimes talking out loud helped me. Made me feel less crazy. Having a whole conversation in your head tended to make you think you were nuts.

And, okay, maybe I was. A bit. Mostly thanks to Bram and his penchant for violence.

Why don’t you let me take control and I’ll lead us right to her? Bram suggested, and I imagined if he had a body right now he would’ve been smirking. I promise I won’t hurt her…much. Of course he had to add on that last part, otherwise it wouldn’t have been a Bram statement. It wasn’t truly a Bram statement unless there were some threatening undertones and a promise of some degree of violence.

“I don’t think so,” I told him.

You are no fun whatsoever, Koda, Bram hissed into my head. So boring. Where’s the fun in simply finding her? The chase is the best part. He grew quiet for a few moments. Remember how amazing she looked covered in my blood? Let’s paint her naked body this time.

Even though I didn’t want to recall that day, my mind flashed back. Me, locked away in the recesses of my own mind, forced to watch as Bram did what he wanted. Nicking his finger on a knife and painting Felice’s face with the blood. She was…beautiful no matter what she wore, truly.

And that was not a thought I should’ve allowed myself. I couldn’t let Bram affect me. I was not him. We weren’t the same; it had to stay that way.

“No,” I said, meaning it. “Where do you think I should look for her?” I wanted to get his mind off how good Felice looked with blood on her; thinking such thoughts would only lead to complications if she indeed wasn’t still in the basement, where Lucien and the others would find her.

Hmm. I suppose the little lamb could’ve run outside. Maybe the forest. No one goes there but Payne, so it would be a quiet place to gather herself if that was her scream before.

Bram, strangely pragmatic sometimes. The man could surprise me on occasion.

The side door was close by; it would’ve been easy for her to come up the steps, turn left, and head down the hall to exit the building entirely.

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