Phantom (Endlessly Book 3) by C.V. Hunt Read Free Book Online Page A

faces terrified. They looked at me, then at Ash’s frail figure struggling to get her shoes off.
    Lex rushed toward her. “Oh my god, Ash!” She started helping her out of the ill-fitting layers of soaking wet clothes. “Josh, go run her a hot tub of water!” Lex cried. She looked at me. “Where’s Sarah? And what happened to your arm?”
    Josh disappear ed back into the game room as Lex pulled muddy clothes off Ashley. Ashley’s pale skin contrasted with Lex’s dark complexion, making Ash look that much more sickly.
    “I left a note for Sarah at the hotel in Port Angeles before I went searching for Ash,” I told her and looked at my arm. “My arm… a hazard of hanging around fucking bloodsuckers.”
    Lex and Jenny both gasped and looked at Ashley.
    “I didn’t bite him. He cut himself to feed me.” She looked at the floor, embarrassed.
    Lex barked at Jenny Chi: “C all Sarah’s cell, tell her we need food for Ash.”
    Jenny’s long black hair whipped around as she ran back in the house. Lex had Ashley down to her t-shirt and jeans. Lex grabbed Ashley’s pants and started pulling on them. Ashley grabbed the waist of her pants and looked at Lex like she was crazy as her teeth chattered.
    “Ash, you need to get these wet clothes off,” Lex said.
    “No, not with him.” Ash nodded her head toward me, embarrassed, and shivered.
    I laughed. “For fuck’s sake, I’ve already seen you naked.”
    I had seen her naked quite a few times. If I hadn’t stayed and taken care of her after Verloren had died, she would have died too. She had tried the exact same thing after his death. She didn’t eat, she didn’t move, she didn’t take care of herself. I had to bath and feed her. No one else could handle her emotions; she had made everyone else feel her pain.
    I pictured her naked . It was a mental image seared into my brain. She’d been healthier looking then and my mind wandered to her hidden body jewelry. Lex helped her to her feet.
    Ash’s mouth drop ped open as she huffed. “Jason Zurk!”
    “What?” I asked her. Then I realized I wasn’t blocking my thoughts. I started laughing at her.
    “You pervert!” she yelled.
    “Hello, who’s this?” Lex asked, looking beyond me.
    I turned and watched Abby step out from behind the door.
    “Lex, this is Abigail Porter.” Ash motioned for Abby to come closer. “Abby this is Lex.”
    Abigail looked up at Lex and then at Ash. She whispered: “She’s really pretty.”
    Lex laughed nervously.
    Abby looked up at me. “And she’s your girlfriend?” She asked like it was unbelievable. She turned back to Lex. You should get a new boyfriend. He’s mean.
    “I heard that,” I grumbled.
    “See,” Abigail told Lex.
    Ash snatched up her backpack and stormed through the game room toward her apartment. She was still pissed about me picturing her naked and her hands were becoming lethal. Lex and Abby were on her heels. I followed behind them toward my own apartment. Ash shoved her door open and spotted Josh coming from the bathroom where he’d started her bath water. She glared at him just because he was a man.
    “Out!” she yelled, pointing to the hallway.
    Josh looked at Abby, confused, and threw up his hands in surrender, and edged around Ash. Jenny came jogging down the hallway. She almost fell over herself to stop when she spotted Abby. Jenny followed Ash, Lex, and Abby into the apartment. Ashley slammed the door. I caught a lot of ‘men are fucking perverts’ over the next hour.
    I was glad I had hardwood floors throughout my apartment as I tracked mud everywhere. I trashed my jeans, showered, and then cleaned the floors. There was a lot of commotion when Sarah got home. I grabbed a few beers and sank into the black leather sofa. I fell asleep watching TV. I woke up to someone knocking on the door. With my eyes half open and stumbling, I flung the door open.
    Trying to open my eyes, I recognized a faux hawk and the glint of a silver septum ring against