Chapter 1<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nListen, little one. I\u2019m not going to tell you that I like the little shit, but I will tell you that you can\u2019t continue avoiding your mate. It\u2019s unnatural and unhealthy.\u201d Nix tosses up a blade and catches it by its handle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harrison nods, not looking from the financial papers and contracts sent over from CypherSphere Records, the label that Somnolence and Grimm Fables are on. He hums. \u201cNix does have a point.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cReally, Harrison? I hope you are talking about the one at the end of the knife he\u2019s playing with.\u201d My tone is surly but ever since I heard about this Tether nonsense, I\u2019ve been grouchy. The way it sounds to me is, Jonah\u2019s only with me because of some mystical mojo and not because he really and truly loves me. That\u2019s a deal breaker. A real no-go for me, even though I yearn for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harrison tsks. \u201cI know Lilah explained Tethers to all of you. You needn\u2019t have any more spelled out to you, do you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I snort like a child in response to Harrison\u2019s comment. \u201cI don\u2019t believe in predestination.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nix smirks and laughs in a mocking way that makes me want to crawl over the table and fork him in the eye. He taps the blade on his bottom lip as he grins. \u201cWell sure, not since it more or less was proved to exist to you. Why go with the flow when you can be a petulant child? Before all this, you were roses and hearts. \u2018Jo says it\u2019s written in the stars\u2019 this and \u2018Jo says we belong together\u2019 that. Destiny was fine then. Now that it has meaning in the grand scheme of things\u2026 what?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a trap, Nix,\u201d I toss out brattily. \u201cA great lie. A scam. We’re all just data in some part of a matrix program.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou watch too much Netflix,\u201d Harrison says distractedly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was on Hulu,\u201d I correct. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harrison slides half his grapefruit my way. \u201cGo ahead, you clearly need some fruit, Elizabeth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nix snickers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harrison\u2019s phone chimes with a personal ringtone of \u201cA Bushel and a Peck\u201d by Doris Day announcing it\u2019s Vivi\u2019s mom, Leona, on the other end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHello, dearest,\u201d he answers, sounding like a lovelorn man from the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nix puckers his lips blowing me a kiss and then mouthing hello dearest<\/em>, before laughing. <\/p>\n\n\n\nI kick him in return. He narrows his eyes, holds up his knife and points it in my direction. It\u2019s a KA-BAR Becker 1095 Black Harpoon Point. I got it for him as a thank you for being awesome. It would be ironic if he slipped now and cut off an appendage while acting like a fool. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I know he\u2019d never really hurt me with it. He\u2019s uncouth, difficult, and hates all humans except for me\u2013he treats me like he would a priceless gift and family member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I get up with a sigh and point his way, then do the universal sign for \u2018I have eyes on you\u2019 while heading to my room at Harrison\u2019s. True love between adults is creepy, and I\u2019m not hanging around to listen to the mushy gushy way Harrison talks to Leona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For two months, Nix and I have been hanging out here rather than the Fortress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No one likes it. I think Nix\u2019s brothers have some issue with them being separated, especially when he can be training the Abaddon on Fortress grounds. We are welcome whenever we want, but I feel like a stranger amongst people I used to be close with since I broke it off with Jonah. We aren\u2019t together. Therefore, I just don\u2019t have a place there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite not going there, I\u2019ve become close to Nix\u2019s family, in particular the twins. Their girlfriend, Minka, has become one of my closest friends. Becca Grimm rounds out our threesome. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wait, that’s not the right word. We have a mofo POSSE. \u2018Threesome\u2019 would be Minka with the twins. I had hoped when I first got here that I\u2019d grow close with Vivi and Lilah, but they have Jumper and it seems there isn\u2019t any room for me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
No, I\u2019m not jealous. I\u2019m cool with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fuck it all. I am, I really am jealous af.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I remember when Somnolence first started. I was the only girlfriend, and they were struggling, but I knew they would be big someday. Jo and I would lay together in his bed and talk about things. I would imagine a day when they would all have girlfriends and mates or wives. I thought we\u2019d be a sisterhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jonah told me the first day he met me that we were going to get married. “It\u2019s written in the stars, Lizzy. You are mine and we are meant to be together.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But I never felt more like that was a lie than the last tour. I felt like an invader. Jonah wanted me to join in, take part, let go, like the first night when I got high and kissed Vivi. “Be your old self and let nature take its course.\u201d With Vivi, Lilah and Jumper all buddied up, I never felt like I was welcome enough to do that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was a square in a house of circles, and I wasn\u2019t going to keep slamming myself out of shape just to make Jonah happy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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