Break Free The Night (Book 2): Loss of Light Read Free

missing.
     
                  “ Diamonds? What? No ,” Emma answered distractedly .“ What good would those be unless I was cutting glass? I want a watch . ”
     
                  “ Yeah ?” Kaylee asked, still staring at the empty spaces where engagement rings once sat. There was a description on a cardstock sign folded and still standing upright on the velvet display. The dust was so thick, she could no longer make out the words.
 
                  It was such a useless thing to take.
     
                  And yet, it was the promise of the item that meant something. More than that, it was the ability to make the promise, to use those rings in an act that would last a lifetime, an act that was no longer a part of her world. It just was her and Jack now, she supposed, they had made it clear. Not official, not with those words, but clear all the same.
     
                  The man I ca n’ t even talk to.
     
                  Saint Jude bit into her finger as she thought on it. Soon, the grooves would be a permanent feature on her thumbprint.
     
                  “ What do you think, Kay ?” Emma called out to her .“ Solar powered, right? Tha t’ d probably be best . ”
     
                  “ Hmm ?” Kaylee asked in a hum, ripping her gaze from the black spot in a sea of glass shards to look at Emma .“ Best what ? ”
     
                  “ Never mind, here ,” Emma answered, tossing Kaylee a black box the size of her fist. She fumbled the catch. A shiny, silver watch with a red face peeked out from under the lid once she had it firmly in her grasp.
     
                  “ Not this one ,” Kaylee mumbled, throwing it back at her sister.
     
                  Red. The dot grew and she saw it and it was swallowing her.
     
                  “ Okay, picky ,” Emma snorted .“ Green suit you better ? ”
     
                  Kaylee nodded and caught the box she was thrown without fumbling this time. She blinked the red away, knowing she needed to get some sleep soon before she could n’ t just blink that damn dot out of existence.
     
                  "Hey, check it out!" Emma exclaimed gleefully. She reached past Kaylee to grab the receiver of the wall phone and smashed it through a glass case to her left. Kaylee winced as the sound echoed in the empty, black space surrounding them but Emma already had her arm through the shards, picking something out of the glass.
     
                  "A pocketknife? You already have one," Kaylee muttered.
     
                  "Not just a pocketknife," Emma corrected. "Look. It's utensils!"
     
                  She opened the knife, flipping out the tools, but instead of the generic blades and screwdrivers, it was a compact set of utensils: one tiny fork, a spoon, and a dull blade. Emma laughed.
     
                  "It's perfect for me." Emma grinned at her sister, but it wasn't pure joy, it was tinged with the fear and anxiety that Emma always carried with her, like a clenched hand around her neck. Emma was convinced she was infected. She had been bitten, it was true. But even though she had shown no signs of infection, none; it wasn't safe to test it out either. Her saliva could be infectious, her blood too. Emma may stay healthy, but she would never know for sure if she could kill others with a simple touch.
     
                  Kaylee tried to grin back, but she knew it came off more as a grimace. Emma didn't meet her eye, she pocketed her new find and turned her gaze to the rest of the watches.
     
                  “ W e’ ll get a few watches for Andrew and Anna too," she said, her voice more subdued now. " I’ ve seen Quinton wear one, and Dad and Bill. But maybe their batteries are running down. I know Da d’ s is n’ t solar. Does Jack