Red and the Wolf_Future Fairytales by Kate Rudolph

Author:Kate Rudolph [Rudolph, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-10-09T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

The large container of soup in her hands was half apology and half payment. Red had let the days go by and had barely had time to stick her head into her grandmother’s quarters to see how she was doing. But now that her emotions were all in a jumble from Wood’s abrupt departure last night she couldn’t stay away any longer. She needed her grandmother’s guidance, needed her no-nonsense attitude towards men and dating. And really, she just needed a shoulder to cry on while she figured out what the hell had happened.

He liked her. Every single indicator he gave said that he did. He kissed her like the world was ending and only their lips could stop the apocalypse. So what was all that nonsense about needing to walk away? Did he think that she only wanted something casual? Did he? Because Red knew if something started between them, she would take everything he had to give and beg for more. Wood was the kind of man you didn’t let go. And yet he ran.

Her eyes were puffy and her entire body felt like it would shatter into a million pieces if the tiniest bit of pressure was applied. She’d barely slept the night before, her mind racing with all the questions that Wood hadn’t stuck around to answer. Somewhere in the early hours, she’d surrendered into a fitful sleep, but even that been filled with nightmares of her grandmother’s illness, of Wolf and whatever shit he intended, and of Wood turning his back on her and walking away.

She thought life on Mars would be more peaceful than Earth. She had never expected this emotional tumult.

Her grandmother’s quarters were in the oldest section of the colonial apartments. Her grandmother had been on Mandela Colony since its founding seven years before and she had never bothered to move when the newer resident quarters were built. By the time Red made it to her door, her hands were burning from the heat of the soup. She let herself in and closed the door behind her and came to an abrupt halt when she saw the state of her grandmother’s apartment. Shock loosened her fingers and she would’ve dropped the soup if she didn’t act quickly, placing it on the small table beside the door. That was the only thing standing upright.

The couch had flipped over onto its back, the vid screen hung askew on the wall, and one of the table legs on the coffee table was broken. A faint sour smell hung in the air, like rotten food or an unwashed, sick body. Grandma Sylvie was not meticulously neat—she didn’t mind a little clutter or a little dust—but the state of her apartment right now went far beyond anything that Red had ever seen before. It looked like the place had been ransacked.

“Grandma?” she called, hoping for an answer, hoping she wouldn’t find something terrible, something that would give her even worse nightmares. What was wrong? Had Grandma

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