Page 113 of Sour Lollipops and Sweet Nightmares
“I’ve been chasing you for like twenty minutes,” he breathed heavily. “Can you slow down?”
I didn’t want to slow down, but I wanted him to follow me in the forest even less. Being alone with Ravi or any of them was a bad idea. Being alone in an isolated area was a worse idea. So, I stopped a few feet before the turn that cut into the thick wall of trees.
“What do you want Ravi?”
He bent over to catch his breath and held up a finger. “Give me a minute.”
“I don’t have time for this.”
“Wait,” he said when I took a step. “I just wanted to see how you were doing.”
“You wanted to see how I was doing?”
“Yeah.” He sucked in a deep breath and stood up. “You ran out of there so fast yesterday, I didn’t get the chance to ask.”
That was a load of crap. “Do you even care how I’m doing?”
“Not really.” He shrugged.
“So, why are you asking?”
“Oh, I was stalling.”
Stalling?
The hairs on the back of my neck rose as I turned to run away. But it was too late. I collided with a solid wall of muscle, halting my retreat. The force of my shoulder smacking off a chest pushed me back, knocking me off my feet. I flew back, landing ass first on the hard dirt path. Pain shot up my tailbone, stealing my breath and blurring my vision. But I didn’t need to see to know who I ran into.
“Well, that was pathetic.”
I’d know Issac’s voice anywhere.
“No,” I coughed up at the hazy image of Issac. “That’s what happens when someone my size runs into someone your size.”
It was basic mass versus momentum.
My vision cleared in time for me to see those piercing turquoise eyes glaring down at me. “Is that so?”
“Yes, that’s so.” I pushed myself back onto my feet and brushed the dirt off my ass. “If I were going at full speed and you weren’t prepared, I would’ve knocked you down.”
“And yet you were the one who wound up in the dirt.”
Asshole. “Now, if you’re done tormenting me, I’d like to get back to my run.”
And far away from them.
“Oh, I haven’t even begun to torment you.” Issac took a step closer, making me take one back.
Being here with Issac and Ravi was not a good situation, but I highly doubted he would do anything while we were out in the open. Mind you, he did attack Kash in the library.
Taking a cautious step back, I looked from Issac to Ravi and back again. Neither one of them seemed any more threatening than usual, but they did look different. Almost appealing in a way.
I found myself noticing things I didn’t before. Like how the hard ridges of Issac’s chest pressed against his shirt, and the playful way the golden flecks in Ravi’s hazel eyes sparkled. They also smelled really good. That didn’t mean I trusted them anymore. In fact, I trusted them less.
Issac tipped his head. “You scared, Peaches?”
Yes, I was, but I wasn’t going to let him know that.
“What do you want from me, Issac?” Whatever offense I committed against him, I had long ago paid for.
