Killian: Prince of Rhenland by Imani King

Author:Imani King [King, Imani]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-04-09T18:30:00+00:00

Eight

Natasha

I almost didn't go to school the next day. Even without whatever it was that had happened with Kaden the previous night, I didn't want to go. My sister was at school, my brother and Alisha at work and Rosa was with Alisha's parents. I didn't want my mom to be alone, but she had our phone numbers and she practically kicked me out herself.

"I'm fine, Tash! Get going. I'm not going to drop dead today, you know."

"Mom-" I turned around in the doorway, on the verge of tears, "please don't say that - please don't say you're-"

"Go!" She yelled, waving me off. "You're going to be late!"

So I left. Kaden messaged me while I was on the bus and just the sight of his name on the screen made my belly do a giddy little flip.

"Are you OK?"

"I'm fine." I texted back before adding a smiley so it didn't look so abrupt.

"Good. Have lunch with me."

I was tempted to tell him to ask nicely but that might have given him the impression I didn't want to eat lunch with him. Which I did. I very much did. Two things had been on my mind since the previous evening. My mother, of course. And Kaden Barlow. I didn't dare to even think about what would have happened if Ray hadn't come home when he did. If Kaden and I had actually driven back up to the hills in his ridiculous SUV. Was that all it took? I'd never even kissed a boy before what we joking came to call the Night Of The Cornbread. Kissing boys had been something I was secretly quite worried about. Doing it right. What if our teeth bumped into each other? What if I drooled?

I hadn't even had time to think about it. I still wasn't sure what had happened, why I'd suddenly pounced on him like a cat in heat. It was probably because I was already feeling so emotional about my mother. But it wasn't like me to lose control like that and no matter how gorgeous Kaden was (and trust me, he was gorgeous) it bothered me that I could act so out of character. That wasn't what I did. I was the one who kept herself - and everything else - together.

We met in the school cafeteria for lunch. I could feel eyes on me as I sat with him at one of the long, plastic tables - people were looking. And why not? Kaden Barlow was a football player. Not just a football player but the quarterback, most likely to make it pro and the most popular guy at Reinhardt High. What was he doing with me? I wasn't unpopular, but I wasn't a member of the social elite, either. Everyone was curious about what was going on and I knew the halls would be buzzing with the news all afternoon.

"Hey," Kaden said, smiling when he looked up and saw me.

"Hey." I sat down and neither of us said anything for a few awkward moments.

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