Chapter 29
Skye
I was numb.
Flashes of Landon’s final moments kept popping into my mind, and I was already dreading going to bed tonight. The haunted look on Lana’s face would never leave me as long as I lived.
I kept imagining how I’d feel if Zephyr had been killed.
I’d be lost.
With or without Aiden, I don’t think I’d ever recover.
Speaking of…
My ray of sunshine was currently bouncing around thefucking elevatortaking us to the top floor our new penthouse dormitory.
Yes, there was anelevatorin the dormitory building. I was still pissed over my months of constant burning thighs from going up and down the stairs multiple times a day to get to my old room. Finding out there’d been an elevator in the building the whole time had me so irritated, my affinity itched in my hands.
Sure, I worked out every morning, but stairs wereactualtorture. And…I definitely used to teleport instead of taking most stairs.
Call me lazy. I don’t care.
Aiden smacked a kiss to my cheek before dancing away from me. Ishuddered as the small box of a room rocked slightly. Aiden chewed his lip, looking sheepish as the elevator came to a stop.
I decided not to scold Aiden for jumping around like an electrified rabbit as I remembered how fucked up he’d been at the assembly. I hadn’t thought about his possible trauma when I declared we were coming back here to Zephyr, and I again cursed Wyatt for being such a dumbass. Aiden did need some actual counseling, but seeing as the only other option was the bun bitch, that wouldn’t be happening.
Aiden was back to his normal self for now, so I put that thought on the back-burner with the thousands of other things I was currently avoiding.
No more physically running away from things. Now, we were just mentally running away.Great.
A high-pitcheddingrang out as the elevator doors opened up, and I winced from the volume just as I caught sight of…
Fuck.
Itwasa penthouse.
And it washuge.
Just the entrance space was larger than my apartment and the café combined. There were several bedrooms, though I hadn’t read my paperwork, so I wasn’t sure of any specifics. I was standing in afoyer, though, which was something only rich people had.
There was a sitting room off to the left, and a massive television slash theater room to the right. The TV was the biggest I’d ever seen, practically the size of the wall it occupied.
Fuckingfuck. This was insane.
I made my way past the two large rooms, pausing when I caught sight of the kitchen.
Also huge.
One entire wall was windows. This was the back of the dormitory building, so the view was just tree tops and landscaping. It made me feel like we were all alone in the woods somewhere, and that made my affinity wobble for some reason. I didn’t like feeling so far from the ocean. The coast really wasn’t that far, but the trees made it feel like we were in a different world.
It was suffocating.
I turned, deciding I should distract myself. I eyed the glossy black appliances that matched the dark granite countertops. The cabinets were a bright white, and the tile was a marbled stone.
I felt like I was in some fancy hotel, and not a place I’d beliving. I couldn’t imagine my regular clutter in a place like this. It was like imagining a shitty bumper sticker on a fancy car.
Aiden looked like a kid in a candy store. He’d darted ahead of me, running straight into the kitchen. He opened up the massive fridge, laughing when he saw it was fully stocked with sodas, juice, and fresh produce. He opened the pantry next, disappearing inside and giddily laughing again.
