Free Leif (Existence) by Abbi Glines Page B

there. Her clothes. My pillow would smell of her. I’d see her there on my bed. I wasn’t that strong yet. Instead, I turned and walked back to the room I’d been sleeping in since Pagan had been here.
     
              Sabine still stood in the hallway watching me anxiously. I knew she wanted my help , but right now, I couldn’t bring myself to care.
     
              “You could come in and talk about it. If that would help,” Sabine paused and wrung her hands, “It always helps me to talk about things and I’m a really good listener.”
     
              Damn she was nice. I didn’t need to be around nice right now. I was anything but nice at the moment. “No thanks. I need to be alone,” I replied as politely as I could manage before opening the door to my temporary roo m.
     
              “If you go in that room , I will find my si ster alone.  I’m sorry that you’ re upset but I’m not standing around and waiting on you any longer. I need to find Rosella. She’s been gone too long already. I’m in a hurry.”
     
              Telling Sabine to go ahead and try was so tempting. The only thing that kept me from walking away from her was the fact she would never make it out of here alive. I was the only chance she had. Those damn big innocent eyes of hers were pulling on my human side. The part of me that felt compassion and r emorse, the part that had been molded by my love for Pagan.
     
              “Fine, I’ll help you. But I’m not in the mood for a hassle. Listen to me. Do what I say and we will get along just fine. Understood?
     
              “Yeah, captain, I got it.” She drawled in a sexy southern accent I hadn’t paid much attention to earlier.
     
              Nodding, my thoughts went back to Pagan. Was she happy now? What was she doing?  Would she miss me at all?
     
              I needed to see her one last time. Could I get away with going to check on her or would Dankmar make good on his threat? Forcing thoughts of Pagan aside I focused on the girl standing in front of me. The one who needed me.
     
              “I’ll go find your sister now. You stay here in your room.”
     
              Sabine began shaking her head.
     
              “That part isn’t up for argument. I will bring your sister back to you. But if you go with me, it will mess up everything. Ghede isn’t going to just let you walk away from here if he sees you.”
     
              She swallowed n ervously, “You mean your father? ”
     
              So, she had heard a lot more of mine and Pagan’s conversation than I’d realized. “Yeah, my father.”
     
              Finally she stepped back into her room and started to close the door. I watched as she studied me a moment. “But you didn’t make the girl stay with you. She wanted to leave and you let her.”
     
              “I’m not my father. I’m nothing like my father. That’s the problem.”
     

 
    “ Closer ” by Dank Walker - Ceaseless (Existence #3) coming September 18, 2012
     
 
     
Daylight fades away as I watch you from a distance
     
Darkness claims the sky and I wish you could only know
     
We’re supposed to be miles away but something draws me closer
     
We’re supposed to be far away but gravity brings us closer
     
Closer than your skin, rebellion deep within, you’ve taken over me and I can’t seem to swim. To the top of myself, I’m under your control. I’m w ondering how we got here I’m wondering how we got here to the place we should go.
     
Ooooh oooh oooooh
     
The place we should go
     
Ooooh oooooh ooooh
     
Souls ar en’t meant for things like this
     
Our worl ds were never meant to collide
     
You’re better off leaving while you have something to leave behind
     
We’re