Lightning Kissed

by Lila Felix

  ***

  That was the last time Theo slept a full night without being woken up. We didn’t speak about the inevitable—we didn’t really need to. I knew Theo—I knew the second the choice was put before him how this all would go down. Theo wouldn’t have me hide for the rest of my life any more than I would ask him to.

  I stayed sick to my stomach, knowing that these days, filled with unspoken words, living in the shadows of what he would do, were the last days we had together. Theo was honorable beyond anyone I ever knew.

  I wished it was me. I deserved to have to make a decision like this. With my constant ill repute and blatant rebellion of authority—you’d think that the Almighty would give a treacherous task like this to someone like me.

  No, that wasn’t right at all.

  Because I would choose to run.

  Cowards run.

  Collin and Theo walked the grounds during the day. Ari joked about them having a bromance. But I was grateful for it. Collin seemed to be the only person Theo would talk to about it all.

  He certainly wouldn’t talk to me.