The Loctorian Chronicles Intercept by Andi Feron

Author:Andi Feron [Feron, Andi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-17T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Althea-October 10, 2013

I made my way to my quarters. I desperately tried to maintain my composure, and once inside the door, I slid against it. The table holding Kais’ flowers was directly in view. That was all it took for me to lose any resemblance of control and I sobbed until exhaustion consumed me. I fell asleep on the floor, paralyzed within my sorrow.

Admiral Fayard Mason, who was Kais’ best friend, stopped by. I’d first met him when we went to the orphanage planet, but it was only briefly. He went to a movie with Kais and me once. After the movie, the three of us went back to Kais’ quarters to talk.

My mind thought back to that night. I sat next to Kais, and his arms were wrapped tightly around my waist. We chatted for quite a while, and I had gotten tired. I leaned my head on Kais, and he kissed my head. Fayard stopped and smiled at us.

“You mind if I take a picture?” he had asked.

“Sure. Fair warning, my ugly mug might break the camera, but Allie’s beauty is probably enough to make it okay,” Kais joked, and I smiled up at him with a slight laugh.

Fayard snapped the picture, then he took another with us both looking at the camera. My mind was forced to return to the fact that Kais was dead and never coming back. Admiral Mason stood in front of me. He looked like he hadn’t slept. I let him in and we sat on the couch.

I wore my bathrobe and pajama pants. My hair looked disheveled, and I imagined there were deep bags under my eyes. Crying was my continual state now. Even as we sat in the living room my cheeks were streaked with tears. Fayard handed me two photos of Kais and me. Kais was supposed to get them printed for me. We had been extremely happy together.

“I’ve known Kais a long time. He’s not an easy shell to crack. He never lets people in.” Fayard talked about Kais in present tense, and I realized that he still hadn’t fully processed the loss of his friend. He continued, “When he was a boy, he was mischievous and caused a lot of trouble, as he was impulsive. When his father died, that all changed. He was serious all the time.

“Then, when you two got together, I saw him come alive again, as I knew him before his father’s death. You made him happy, and he loved you very much. He told me he had a weird feeling and he thought something might happen to him soon. I thought it was an odd statement from a healer. You guys are practically immortal.”

Immortal. Fayard was right in a sense; Kais shouldn’t have been there. He should have been on a different assignment where any damage done to him would have been healed. Nothing made sense. First Zalseph and now Kais. I didn’t want to think about who I would lose next. John, Talon, Seraphine, and Gabriel were the ones left whose losses felt unbearable.

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