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Chapter 15
I made my way down the stairs as quickly as was comfortable for my achy legs. I felt almost light at the prospect of relaxing in the pool with Ezra. Water always made me feel calm and maybe a little cleansed. I could definitely use that given everything that I have going on. I made my way into the pool, smiling as I saw Ezra already there with his swim shorts on. He had found the floaty chairs and was putting them into the pool. It was almost comical to see him in such a relaxed setting.
I walked over to a storage bench and pulled out a couple of towels and set them to the side for us before turning back to face Ezra who was looking at me with his head tilted to the side. I tensed for a moment as I realized he was looking at all my scars. I bit my lip and faced him, tying my hair up in a ponytail so he could see them all, and I could keep my hair out of the saltwater.
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Lips Of Deceit Chapter 16
I walked into the room, tunnel vision making me focus solely on the woman who directed me to a couch across from her chair and coffee table. I sat down in the center, my leg jiggling the moment I sat. My breathing was still uneven and my heart pumping so loud in my ears I could barely hear what she had to say. After she repeated my name twice I took a deep shuddering breath in and let it out slowly through my nose to calm myself enough that I could speak.“Are you alright Miss Thompson?” she asked in a calm soothing voice, her eyes focused on me but no judgement on her face. I nodded but then shook my head, deciding honesty would be best for this.“Not really. I’m so terrified of being here, but I also know that it’s exactly where I need to be. I just don’t think I’m ready to deal with everything just yet.” she no
Lips Of Deceit Chapter 17
“Ugh! This is useless! I’m not made for meditating.” I whined as I flopped back on the patio floor. Every part of me ached from sitting on the stone ground, my butt was numb and cold and I was covered in goosebumps. We had been sitting out here for 4 hours now. And I have made no progress. I couldn’t even feel my feet anymore. “You’re not focusing enough Haven. Meditation isn’t just letting your mind go blank. Sometimes it’s about intent and letting go of control.” Ezra said for what seemed like the millionth time. “Yeah well if we don’t stop the only thing I’m going to let go of control for is my bladder. I’ve had enough. I’m cold, my feet are asleep, my butt is numb and I need to pee.” I grumbled as I got to my feet with a ton of difficulty, the pins and needles shooting pain all the way up my legs. “Haven we h
Lips Of Deceit Chapter 18
Over the next month, things were hectic, to say the least. It’s not like I was so busy I didn’t have time to do anything else, it was just hectic with every day being very different. On days I had therapy I would wake up relatively early and get some things done around the house, mostly so I wouldn't feel like it was a waste of a day. I’d then go to therapy, become an emotionally vulnerable mess, then go home and often sleep or cry and just need time. Ezra would wake me for dinner and then We’d train some more. Meditation still sucked but at least now he wasn’t making me sit on the stone-cold floor. We’d try different rooms in the house or even different areas outside in the grass still didn’t make a difference. Some days I’d be able to see James for a bit, he’d come over with Thatcher, we’d play with him outside, let him explore the house as James and I talked and just spent time together. The feelings w
Lips Of Deceit Chapter 19
Ezra looked at me with a furrowed brow and quickly scanned the area before looking back at me and nodding once as he put the fruit in the cart and motioned me to follow him over to the side. His walk was quick and tense, the set of his shoulders projecting his unease. The people around us were oblivious to the current of fear and unease we were both projecting, but I had spent the last month and a bit studying Ezra just as he had been studying me so I was able to tell when something was wrong. I frowned in confusion when he led us to a check-out line and looked at him in question. “We’re going to act like nothing is wrong, pay for our groceries and put them in the car. That will give us the time and space to scan the customers to find the source of this feeling. I have my suspicions of what it is, but I will not act without confirmation otherwise it would be a danger to humans and a disservice to your tra
Lips Of Deceit Chapter 20
We sat like that, me in his lap, his arms around me for a long time. It was getting late into the afternoon by the time he pulled away and all that time I ran my hand down his back and threw his hair to soothe and comfort him. Not a single word was spoken by either of us and Thatcher was sound asleep on the cushion with his hoard of toys around him. When James finally sighed and pulled his face out of my neck I looked at him and cupped his stubble-covered cheeks and wiped away a few tears with my thumbs. His blue eyes weren’t as bright and looked much more stressed and tired than I had ever seen them. “You alright?” I asked softly, wincing at the stupid question. He gave me a soft smile and nodded, running his hand through his hair and sighing heavily. “I’m…I’m alright. It just hit me harder this time than it ever has before.” He explained with a
Lips Of Deceit Chapter 21
“Dinner is ready. Shall we eat poolside or did you want to eat in the kitchen?” Ezra asked as he made his way into the room, his voice echoing slightly off the tiles. I turned to him and smiled as I climbed out of the pool and wrapped a towel around me. “I’d rather eat in the kitchen. I’m gonna make tea, did either of you want?” I asked both men as I dried off quickly before wrapping my hair in a tighter and higher bun and pulling on a floor-length fleece housecoat. Super warm and cozy. “I’ll take a cup. I’m going to dry off and change. I’ll meet you guys in the kitchen.” James said with a smile before taking Thatcher and letting him outside so he could run around and dry off. I followed Ezra into the kitchen and immediately put the kettle on to boil hummin as I did so. “It smells amazing, Ezra. Did you make roll
Lips Of Deceit Chapter 22
I followed silently behind Ezra as he went to the back door, pulled out a lock picking kit and within seconds picked the lock. I crept in behind him silently as he opened the door and went to the alarm pad, disabling it with ease, closing the door behind us as we stood in the kitchen to let our eyes adjust. “We’ll have to perform the ritual in his room, and we have to be quick about it. The longer it takes the higher the risk is of the morphling trying to jump from its current host and finding a new one.” Ezra explained as we slowly tiptoed through the bungalow-style home. “We’ll have to put a ring of salt around his bed, use holy oil and holy water along with prayer and recite it as we bind the morphling.” “Whoa, prayer? Ezra, I don’t know any of that.” I hiss as a sliver of doubt and fear of this backfiring washed through me. Ezra reached into his pocket an
Lips Of Deceit Chapter 23
The fire was roaring in my ears, the flames higher than my head and around me in a complete circle, the shadows behind the fire obscured and barely visible between the flickering or the flames, the loud inhuman shrieks overridden by the waves. I turned in a circle, my heart pounding, and my breathing ragged. I lifted my hands over my mouth to combat the choking smoke that felt like its thick ashy tendrils were crawling down my throat. I coughed and blinked away the tears as my eyes watered, grunting and cowering away from the flames and the wisps of it reached for me, burning my clothes and singing my skin. I screamed in fear seeing the flames lower slightly and the dark monstrous creatures beyond, arched and deformed with sharp teeth and claws, the stuff of nightmares and fear. I screamed and thrashed as one of them grabbed me from behind, it’s claws digging into my shoulders and tearing skin as it shook me and opened it’s jaws to rip out my throat.
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