This wasn’t going to work like this- this contestant mindfield f****d up zombie state. I couldn’t sustain it for much longer, even I could see that.
I could hear Kael fumbling around behind me before the bed dipped as he sat on the edge, his voice barely above a whisper. “Aud I’m-“
“Don’t call me that,” I breathed. I think I meant it to come out louder, a lot harsher, but I didn’t have the energy. Instead, I sounded wounded. . .lost.
“Audrey, I’m sorry that you-“ he cut himself off this time. Probably trying to find the best way to put it but the best way was the truth.
“That I killed a kid?” That's when I felt the anger quickly nip away just under the surface. My skin heated up quickly, pushing that numb coldness right aside as I felt my nose flare.
If he’d kept his gob shut, I w
