Kai chewed the warm sandwich, not caring about the fact it was tuna and he hated tuna. It was food. And he was hungry. After he swallowed, he stared up at Jacob. "Why are you bothering to feed me if you're just going to kill me?" he asked. Jacob shrugged. "Honestly... I have no idea."Kai knew. Deep down he knew. Jacob had revealed his secret to Kai. He would keep him alive so he had someone to talk to about it. Someone who would listen and not judge. This theory was confirmed when Jacob took a seat beside him and opened up. "I was just a child," he said. "I never even understood anything about death. The permanence of it. The... consequences.""But you do now," Kai pointed out. "Just let me go. I swear I won't tell a soul. Like I said... I'm not a snitch."Jacob ignored his request."I sometimes dream about it. I dream about killing all the time," Jacob went on."But you don't have to do it," Kai said. Jacob passed the sandwich to his mouth, letting him take a bite. Kai did so
Kai found it too hard to sleep inside his hole. It was uncomfortable and freezing since he'd wet himself.'I should have asked him to let me go toilet,' Kai realised far too late. He probably would have refused the request, but still, it felt weird to pee himself without even asking for a trip to the loo.He'd tried screaming again and again until his throat was raw but to no avail. 'This place has to be in the middle of freaking nowhere,' he realised.Still, it was his only hope, so he had to keep screaming in the distant hope that a dog walker would happen to amble by.When footsteps finally sounded outside—he knew it was Jacob. He could hear the familiar sound of his keys jangling as he dropped them. Jacob swore under his breath as he finally entered the shed. Then Kai's world was flooded with light. It was so bright. 'Maybe I'm already dead,' he thought, feeling dizzy. It had been a while since he'd had anything to eat or drink, so his blood sugar was all over the place. It t
Jenna sat on the corner of the bed, her hand inside Kai's weak grip. It felt foreign seeing him so vulnerable. So weak. He gave her a thin smile as he looked up at her. "You can go home, you know? You don't have to stay here the whole time.""I want to stay," Jenna insisted. She felt like he would disappear again if she let him out of her sight.'I can't believe Jacob is dead," Kai muttered. "I've never seen anyone die before. It—""It was—" Jenna agreed, though neither of them could find the word.There were no words for the sinking, dark feeling that was creeping up inside her brain. It was always there, lurking in the shadows of her mind, even if she wasn't actively thinking about it. 'It will go away,' she assured herself. 'It can't stay forever.'The doctor had mentioned counselling, and while Jenna had been happy to accept the help, Kai had refused. He said he didn't need to talk about anything that had happened, or that he would find a friend to talk to about it. He wouldn't
Kai paused as he passed Miss Connell's classroom, staring in at her until he'd caught her attention. He gave her the creepiest smile he could manage before turning away.He hadn't decided whether or not to take out his anger on her or just Tom. She hadn't actually done anything, but still—messing with her would hurt Tom.But Tom could wait for now. He saw Gordon up ahead and he wasn't going to let that little weasel escape. "Get him," he whispered to the others."Kai," Jenna asked, placing a hand on his arm. "Do you really have to do this?""They almost killed me, Jenna," Kai said through gritted teeth. "I know what they did was wrong. But what you did to them in the first place was wrong too. If two wrongs made a right, then..." Jenna waved her hands in the air. "I don't even have the math skills to figure out who is right, who is wrong, and who is just a total psychopath."She was looking over at Damien as she said that last part."Just don't go after him," she said, pointing her
LOST girl - new story - out soon!!!!!! Jenna felt her heart thudding in her chest as she stood by the door, her ear pressed up against the glossy wood. "Urrrrrrrrrgh!" she heard her stepbrother groan. It was long, drawn out and exasperated. He followed it up with a tut before continuing. "It's bad enough that she's here to start with. Now you're saying I have to be nice to her?" Those words felt like a stab to the chest. What had she done to upset him exactly? Besides merely existing... "I'm not... I'm just asking you to please look out for her," Harry urged. His tone was pleading but whiny as if he were losing patience with his son. "Cab you manage that? I'm not asking you to be her new best friend. Just... don't make this any harder for her. First days at a new school aren't easy, and she doesn't have anyone besides you. We have to look out for her until her Mum gets back from France." Kai let out a non-committal grunt before falling silent. Jenna didn't hear his footsteps app
For the first few seconds after waking, Jenna had no memory of recent events. Her mind was gloriously blank and free of worry. Then harsh reality came back with a crash and a thud. It was almost physically painful—the realisation that her entire life had crumbled away.After showering and getting dressed, she joined Harry and Kai at the breakfast table. Harry had been kind enough to prepare her some breakfast, she noticed and smiled weakly as she picked at the burnt toast and rubbery eggs.Kai gave her a sideways glance. He dropped his fork onto his empty plate with a loud clatter and shook his head in disgust. "Surely you aren't going to wear that?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.Jenna looked down at her skinny jeans and baggy jumper. No... it wasn't exactly what you'd see on the runway at fashion week, but the jeans showed off her slender legs, and the baby pink jumper looked cute... or so she had thought. What exactly did he think was wrong with her clothes?"Erm... yeah. Why?" Sh
The old-fashioned building made Jenna feel like a lost interloper in a cold and harsh land. Her heels clicked on the stone flooring as she followed her stepbrother, clinging to him like a liferaft. 'So much for not needing his charity,' she thought, feeling like the world's biggest fake. Her earlier resolve that she could survive on her own had vanished as quickly as her breath in the cold air. "The heating is being replaced," Kenny explained, seeing her shiver and hug herself. "You'd think the brainiacs running this place would do it in the summer but nooo.""This place is a joke," Kai chimed in. "They're lucky I haven't burnt this shithole to the ground.""You should," Jenna muttered. "At least it would be warm."As the group chuckled at her comment, she felt the tiniest bit of validation. Was it possible she might fit in with these guys?Looking up and down the corridor, she figured it was her only option. The other students that passed did not seem to like her stepbrother's gro
Jenna didn't know what to say. Everyone was staring at her in horror, including Jacob.Mr Burton tutted loudly. "My next class is waiting to come in. Let's move it on out of here."He raised an eyebrow at Jenna as she passed but said nothing about her violent outburst. The look seemed to say, 'You know you just fucked up, right? But I'm not gonna save you.'Nothing was going to save her now.'Maybe I could just run home and hide under my bed,' she thought. But without Kai to show her the way, she'd probably just get lost and murdered.A stampede of students trapped her against the wall. After they passed, Jenna went to move but got instantly pushed back. Kai knocked the air from her lungs as he slammed her into the concrete wall."What. The. FUCK?"Jenna, too winded to talk, just stared helplessly."Who the hell do you think you are?" he asked."I... I just... I'm sorry... I didn't--" Jenna stammered, knowing there was nothing she could say to placate him.A hand appeared on Kai's sh