CHAPTER TEN
~ Kimber ~
Jaapri, Ultima Esperanza, Chile
Pacific Coast
The ceiling hadn’tgained any cracks since the last time I laid down on the bed—three hours ago—and counted them.
“Don’t say it.” Rilen looked up from his book.
“Say what?” I asked. I kicked my legs against the edge of the bed.
“Just don’t say it.”
The breath blew out of me. “I’m bored.”
“Goddamn it,” Rilen grumbled.
“Ha. You owe me,” Roran said.
“What?” I asked.
“I won the bet that you would say you were bored at least twenty times this hour.” Roran grinned.
“And it’s not like we aren’t also, Kimber,” Rilen said. “We’ve spent our whole lives wandering S’Kir, and now we’re stuck in a room, a library, and an outdoor balcony. I’m about ready to scream.”
“We could have sex,” Roran offered.
“Nah,” both Rilen and I chorused. I continued, “I’m getting sore. Not that I don’t enjoy it. Just sore. My nipples are chafed.”
“Next time I come, it’s just going to be a little puff of white dust because I’m completely drained.”
Roran chuckled. “Mine will be a little flag that saysFinished.”
“There’s the treadmill,” I offered.
“Ugh.” They both groaned.
“I could easily run a thousand miles without breaking a sweat now,” Rilen said.
“Well, it has only made your magnificent ass even more magnificent.” I shrugged.
“Your butt doesn’t look too shabby either,” Rilen said. “But as much fun as it is to have sex…” He pointed to his crotch and made apoofsound.
“Agreed,” I said.
It fell quiet again in the room, and I picked up the tablet to try reading some fictional tale about someone hallucinating the sound of a heart under the floorboards of the house. The author’s name was Edgar Allen Poe. A lot of his stories intrigued me. They were short, so I didn’t have to dedicate a lot of time for each.
Of course, I had plenty of time. Another favorite I’d discovered was something calledhistorical fiction, and I was working my way through a book calledPillars of the Earth. I was really rooting for Jack and Aliena to be able to marry soon.
Suddenly, the tablet smacked me in the face, slipping out of my hands. “Ouch!” The twins chuckled, and I rubbed the spot it had hit. “That wasn’t funny.”
“It was because we’ve both done it,” Roran said. “I know exactly how much that hurt.”
I didn’t pick up the tablet again. I didn’t feel like reading either. I wanted to go out. Just go do something—walk, hike, ride a horse, anything. The ceiling caught my attention again.
There was a new crack.
