Raven Stole the Moon: A Novel by Stein Garth

Author:Stein, Garth [Stein, Garth]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, azw3
Publisher: HarperCollins e-books
Published: 2010-02-14T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 28

THAT NIGHT JENNA HAD A DREAM ABOUT ROBERT. A DREAM that seemed so real it was frightening. He stood in front of her in their living room in Seattle and told her that it was time for him to leave. He told her it wasn’t working anymore and that it would be best if he left her alone now. She watched him walk down the stone path to the street and get in his car. Bobby was in the passenger seat, and they both waved as they drove away.

Jenna woke up filled with the most overwhelming feeling of depression and emptiness. She was alone, all right, with nobody to hold on to. She needed some kind of human contact, some warmth that only a person could give. It wasn’t that she was afraid to be alone. It was that being alone was killing her, sapping her energy. Some people are meant to live a solitary life and can provide their own best company. Jenna was not one of those. She needed to borrow other people’s energy and feed off them. If she did not have contact, she would wither and die.

And so, eyes red, Jenna climbed out of bed, slipped on a T-shirt and pants, and went into the hallway. She stood outside the door to Eddie’s room for a minute, her hand on the knob, listening to the silence in the house. She knew that what she wanted could cause lots of problems, but her need was strong enough to overcome any objection she could raise. The door opened silently and she made her way across the room in the gray light until she stood over him, watching him sleep, not wanting to disturb him, feeling caught between her desire and her fear. Eddie was pretty in the soft light, his face pressed deeply into his pillow and his mouth open a little bit, enough to let the air in and out. He was tired, so tired he didn’t stir at all as Jenna lifted the sheet and slipped underneath, next to him, not touching, afraid to wake him, afraid that he would tell her to go away, but feeling better already, taking in the heat that radiated from his body. If she could get a little closer, just a little, she would be happy, sliding into the crescent of his body as he lay on his side, making herself fit into his mold, her back to his front, his warm breath on her neck, his thighs brushing hers, he didn’t stir, and she was safe. Safely within another. She had made it. And she fell softly into a dreamless sleep.

THE POUNDING AT THE DOOR jarred them both awake at the same time. Eddie was doubly surprised: first by the pounding, then by Jenna. He looked at her for a moment and she gave him a guilty shrug. But the insistent pounding preempted Eddie’s questions.

“Damn,” he said, climbing out of bed. “Who’s that?”

Jenna hadn’t thought about Eddie’s nakedness. If she had, she probably wouldn’t have climbed into his bed.

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