The Unfavorable (The Unfavorable series Book 1) by Sam Risdon

Author:Sam Risdon [Risdon, Sam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

Alora

A s soon as I pass the threshold, I hear Ryder follow me, the hay adjusting to the removal of his weight. There are only a couple steps before they stop. Micah must have stopped him since it isn’t long before I hear his voice. I’m a few feet away from the hut when I hear my brother calling out to me.

“Al!” he yells. “Alora, stop!”

His voice is loud, which tells me he’s quickly closing the distance between us. I’m about to sprint away from him, put as much space between us as possible, when I feel a hand tighten around my arm and flip me around faster than I can think.

I sway from being dizzy, so Micah grips my shoulders to keep me from falling over. I stare him straight in the eyes, pushing all my anger into my glare hoping it’ll get him to let me go. Ryder is standing just outside the hut, watching us intently. Watching me, rather. He’s ready to save me, take me back to the gateway and Geha the minute I even look at him the right way.

“I’m sorry,” Micah insists. I wait for his grip to loosen even a little, so I can dash away, but today isn’t my lucky day.

“Go jump in a boiler,” I spit, rage radiating off my skin. Micah stares at me in utter disbelief.

“What did you just say to me?” he demands, his grip tightening around my arms, and shaking me a bit.

Now he’s angry, too, but for a completely different reason.

“You heard me,” I breathe.

He turns his glare on Ryder, knowing full well who I would have heard the phrase from recently. Ryder looks away, pretending to not pay attention to Micah or me. He even leans against the doorframe of the hut and kicks the dirt at his feet.

Micah growls and turns back to me. Ryder stops kicking up dust noticing Micah has looked away from him, and goes back to watching me, too.

“Look,” Micah says to me.

His tone is calmer, but he is unable to get the anger completely out of his voice yet. His apology is sincere, though.

“I’m sorry.”

“Why should I believe you?” I accuse, my tone already softening. I don’t want to believe him, but it’s difficult to deny the sincerity in his eyes.

“You know me,” he insists. “I never once lied to you as children.”

“As you’ve said, a lot has happened since we were children,” I goad. Part of me is projecting, knowing I lied to him about our parents, but I can’t seem to help myself. “Lying could be one of the many bad habits you picked up over the years.”

“Look into my eyes and tell me that I’m lying.”

Micah removes his hands from my arms, letting them fall to his sides. A gesture which begs me to listen, and says that he’s given up trying to keep me here. I’m free to run back to Geha if that’s what I want. But I can’t, and I don’t.

Although I’ve been looking him in the eyes this entire time, it’s only now that I see the honesty within them.

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