The Soulless, Cade's Story: (The Heir Chronicles Novella: Book 2) by Kayla Eshbaugh

Author:Kayla Eshbaugh [Eshbaugh, Kayla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: kayla eshbaugh
Published: 2021-05-25T04:00:00+00:00

“KARA!” MY VOICE ECHOED through my house as I waited for her response. She came up the stairs—seeming to have just woken up. Her dark, almost black, hair was tied behind her back, and the few stray strands of hair curled messily around her face. Her eyes were so dark black—with such irritation in them. I assumed that it was because I had awakened her.

“I am here; you don't have to yell so loud,” she said, leaning one hip against the doorframe from the basement entrance.

“How are you doing?”

She looked at me, anger and annoyance radiating from her.

I smirked.

“How am I doing? You haven't spoken to me once since you brought me here, and now you want to shoot the breeze?” She rubbed her eyes and trailed her hands over her face.

“You don't have much time, Kara, do you?”

“Maybe two months. I am still young, okay—not like those old ones you had—some of them were alive for six months after they became soulless.”

“Okay, good to hear,” I said, again unable to hold back a smile.

“Can I go to bed now?”

“No,” I answered, walking over to her and lifting her chin so that I could look directly into her eyes. The whites of her eyes were still there; she didn't have the blood loss yet, it seemed—just the mood swings, and no doubt, a personality change. She pulled away from me and shoved at my chest. Or maybe she was always that standoffish.

“Now, now—no need to be so aggressive.” I held up a finger as if scolding a child.

She glared at me.

I laughed. It was entertaining to annoy her.

“What do you want—you already ruined my life.”

“I ruined your life? You did that all on your own, sweetheart.”

“Really? Oh, I didn't remember that part where I took my own soul.”

“What about the part when you became corrupted? You remember that little part, sweet?”

“It was only a little. I could have come back from it.”

“There is no coming back from it,” I said, glaring at her then for being so naive.

“You came back.” She raised her hands, motioning to me. “You have your entire soul now. Aiden said that there has to be a way.” She stopped herself and turned around.

With that revelation, we were finally getting somewhere. I needed to know more about Aiden’s motives.

“Yes, I have noticed that you and Aiden are good friends. How good of friends is that?”

“It doesn't matter. We are the only two competent soulless here now—it makes sense that we would become close.”

“How close is close?” I turned my head to the side studying her responses more intently. “My dear, I am not buying it—you knew him from before—but oddly enough, Aiden isn't a soulless.”

She turned around, worry in her eyes.

“Free of any corruption at all to be exact; nice melody, that one has.”

“Don't you dare take his soul—”

I cut her off.

“Oh, come now. I have my standards. I will not take a clean soul; that would be a waste of my time.” I waved a hand at her large, worried, black, soulless eyes.

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