Nero by S.J. Tilly EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
- Author: S.J. Tilly
- Language: English
- Formats: PDF / EPUB
- Status: Available For Free Download
- Genre: Romantic Suspense
- Price: Free
- File Size: 2 MB
- Publish Date: March 16, 2023
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A RED AND GOLD LEAF FLOATS ACROSS THE ROOM, SEEMINGLY WEIGHTLESS,
before settling onto the carpet between my spot on the couch and the TV.
I glance at my open patio door where another gust of wind brings the
scent of promised rain, but instead of getting up, I tuck my legs underneath
me and pull my fleece blanket up to my chin, careful not to tip the bowl of
popcorn resting on the cushion next to me.
A storm is coming.
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You spoiled brat, I’m gonna teach you…
I snuggle further into the corner of my couch. That was so long ago, I
remind myself, inhaling deeply through my nose, willing new memories to
replace the old.
This is my home.
I’m safe here.
The low rumble of distant thunder calms me further.
No matter how much they tried to beat it out of me, I never lost my love
of violent weather.
I never understood why I was supposed to be scared of storms. Didn’t
understand why it made me different, or wrong, or stupid––like they claimed.
It wasn’t the violence I craved, it was the change. The washing away. The
cleansing. That smallest sliver of hope that a wave might crash through,
dragging away the old, leaving something new.
And maybe that’s why I still like them. There’s still that spot in my chest,
deep inside of me, that wants to be sucked up into the sky, whisked away
from it all, and dropped into Oz.
As if summoned by the wind, the woman on screen opens her front door
and the world around her morphs from black and white to color, and I let the
familiar sense of nostalgia wash over me.
The sounds of the nearing storm keep filtering in and out of my
awareness, even as I sway my head to the familiar songs.
My hand is halfway to my mouth, popcorn between my fingers, when the
dull noise of groaning metal drags my gaze to the patio, the sliding glass door
open wide.
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