The Blood Will Dry by Mary Kate L

Author:Mary, Kate L.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-08-14T16:00:00+00:00

We stayed that way, naked and side-by-side in bed, until early the next afternoon. It was the first time in five years that I felt comfortable and carefree. I knew it couldn’t last, but I decided to enjoy it while I could. To embrace the fact that the rain was still pounding down on the building and flooding the city, trapping us. It almost felt like time had frozen. Like we had been sucked into some kind of wormhole and were just drifting now. It was a day that I would remember for the rest of my life. No matter what happened, no matter who won, no matter how long that life was.

The rain finally eased to a drizzle, and then tapered off to a mist. It hadn’t lasted as long as it usually did, but I found that when it was over I was relieved. As much as I had enjoyed this break from reality, I couldn’t forget what we’d left behind or the fact that Daisy was missing. Bryan had opened my eyes to so many things, and one of them was how little credit I’d given my best friend over the last four years. She’d always been here for me, shared everything with me, but I had given her nothing in return. I needed to find her and save her so I had a chance to right that wrong.

We got dressed in our own clothes, which had miraculously dried despite the moisture hanging in the air. The grenades we had yet to use were sitting on the table, lined up and just waiting for us to carry them home. I clipped them to my belt and then added my other weapons, the knives I always carried and finally my gun, which I didn’t put away. Having it in my hand gave me a false sense of security, but at least I was aware of it. I knew that I could raise the weapon and fire it at point blank, that the bullet could hit the creatures right in the head and still do nothing, but having the gun was better than facing these things with no way of putting up a fight. At least that’s what I told myself.

“You ready?” Bryan said from behind me.

I swiped the Kevlar vest up before turning to face him, already nodding. He was dressed too, back in his old clothes which should have disappointed me—I kind of liked seeing him with nothing on—but instead sent a tingle of desire shooting through me. Everything about him looked badass, from the snug fit of his shirt to the tattoo that swirled around his bicep. He shoved a knife into the sheath he had strapped to his thigh, and then checked the magazine in his own gun one more time. It was like a scene from some epic sci-fi movie and it actually made my knees weak, seeing him looking so strong and self-assured.

“Yeah,” I managed to get out. The word wobbled, but I didn’t care.

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