Blacklisted
““Ni—nightmare?” I sputtered. There was an unholy gleam in Erik’s eyes, darkening the brown irises to a frightening, ominous black. He didn’t look like an innocent teenager just then. He didn’t look like the boy I’d crushed on for months. No, he looked mean and hard and capable of any evil deed.
A shiver moved through me, and this one wasn’t pleasant like before.
“I—I don’t understand,” I managed to say.
“You don’t need to understand,” he said darkly. “All you need to know is that I’ve done bad ...things, and I’ll continue to do bad things to meet my goal.”
Tendrils of surprise blended with my fright. Was he threatening me? A cold chill swept through me. “I don’t understand,” I repeated stupidly. Surely I was mishearing, I thought, as the car hit a bump, jolting me up. I gripped my arm, trying to protect it from the stinging aftereffects.
“Like I said, I wouldn’t worry about understanding. I’d worry about staying alive.” He turned away from me, then, and faced the front window.MoreLess
A shiver moved through me, and this one wasn’t pleasant like before.
“I—I don’t understand,” I managed to say.
“You don’t need to understand,” he said darkly. “All you need to know is that I’ve done bad ...things, and I’ll continue to do bad things to meet my goal.”
Tendrils of surprise blended with my fright. Was he threatening me? A cold chill swept through me. “I don’t understand,” I repeated stupidly. Surely I was mishearing, I thought, as the car hit a bump, jolting me up. I gripped my arm, trying to protect it from the stinging aftereffects.
“Like I said, I wouldn’t worry about understanding. I’d worry about staying alive.” He turned away from me, then, and faced the front window.MoreLess
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