The Liar Among Creatures (Howl for the Damed: Book Two) (Howl for the Damned 2) by D. Fischer

Author:D. Fischer [Fischer, D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Divinus Kingdom Publishing
Published: 2020-05-15T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

Jacob Trent

My dreamless state pulls away from me like water being drained from a sink. No matter how hard I try to stay in the deep slumber of blissful nothingness, sleep continues to tug and tug until I’m forced to fully wake. I groan and blindly reach to the other side of the bed. The tips of my fingers skid along the wrinkles, searching for the body I fell asleep staring at. They fumble along a cold sheet until I reach the edge of the mattress.

A cold sheet.

A chill pricks every nerve in my body. I abruptly wake, lifting my head from the pillow and blinking groggily at the vacant spot beside me. I frown and glance around the room. The fireplace gleams flames across the screen and hums softly as it pushes out hot air. The bathroom is dark, and the closet door is shut. Jinx is nowhere in the room, and as I sit up, rubbing my head, I try to recall if she had woken me before she left. Deep down, I know she hadn’t.

I fear the worst. It’s an irrational fear that causes my thoughts to burn through one heartbreak to the next. Maybe last night was all a dream. Maybe she regrets everything. Maybe . . . Maybe she was taken. We were up so late, and once my head hit the pillow, I fell into a deep sleep. Could someone have taken her from my bedside? Would I have even noticed?

Wrestling with the sheet, I jump from the bed. I stomp quickly to a pair of shorts and slide them on in a hasty manner, awkward and bumping into the dresser. Opening the door with more strength than necessary, I feel it slam into the wall as I nearly bump into Rex. His hand is raised to knock on the wood that’s no longer in front of him. He lowers it with a curious glance at the ferocity in my expression.

“Sorry,” he mumbles. “You weren’t in the guest room, so I thought maybe you were in here.” He looks past me to the bed. I glance with him, following his interest to the heap of sheets twisted around the comforter. The mattress has two body indents, the fitted sheet wrinkled where our hips had been touching.

“I slept here last night,” I murmur, my voice thick with sleep.

“I see that,” he says, a grin spreading across his face. “The date must have gone better than planned? Jinx never even hinted at it.”

“You’ve seen Jinx?” I ask, refraining from shaking the man.

His forehead wrinkles with worry. “Yeah.” He jabs his thumb over his shoulder. “She was in the gym before her aunt dragged her outside for more training. Didn’t she – Oh.” He blinks at me. Blinks hard enough that it offends me and my cracking male ego. “She left the bed without telling you.”

My shoulders slump as the tension releases through a sigh. She’s safe. She’s not kidnapped. And though she left the bed willingly, it’s a smack to my pride.

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