Page 204 of Shadowman
“Joy said he was done for the day,” I rumble.
Trevel pauses his snooping to glare at me. “Did she, then?” I nod. “What else did she have to say?”
I’m taken aback by the severity on his face. “Why does it matter?”
“So you’re keeping secrets again?” He looks both hurt and enraged.
“I’m not the only one…” I whisper.
His jaw clenches visibly. “I’m going to look for Felix Darcey.”
He brushes past me, out of the office. Of course, I follow him.
Why am I always blindly following him…?
“Why do you need to find Felix Darcey?” I power-walk after him while he strides swiftly up the long corridors, toward Darcey’s room.
“Because this is all his fault,” he seethes, barely audibly.
“Whatis…?”
“Everything, Byron!” he snaps, screeching to a halt and whipping in my direction. I almost crash into him. “Bloodyeverythingis his fault, you know that! I thought we were on the same page. But now… I’m not surewhatyou want.”
My lashes flutter up at him. I have no idea what he’s talking about, but I’m tense and overflowing with apprehension. “I don’t know… what you want me to say.”
“Yea, no shit,” he grunts, spinning away from me to resume his storming up the hall.
What is his problem??
If anything, I should be mad at him…
I should be… fucking suspicious of him, goddamnit! Just like everyone else is. Not allowing him to fuckingownme without a single shred of hesitation.
It makes no sense to be so happy… out of fucking nowhere.
It can’t be real.
I mean, look at me! I’mchasingafter him… It’s fucked!
He’snotMichelangelo.
I can hear the wind thrashing against the building, even stronger than before, as we stalk the halls. The faint sound of pelting rain is accompanied by the occasional rumble of thunder shaking the walls.
The feeling is mutual.
We reach Felix Darcy’s room, and Trevel doesn’t even knock. He just bursts inside.
“Aha!” he shouts, frowning when we find this one also empty.
“Aha?Really?” I snort.
He looks like he wants to grin, but he’s stopping himself. It’s cute, and that’s annoying me even more.
Trevel folds his arms across his chest. “Your friends don’t trust me.”
My head cocks.
“I know it’s true. You and Joy couldn’t even talk with me around…”
