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She finally rolls off of me, landing at my side, and she props herself up on her elbow as she continues to watch me.
“So, who are you?”
“Lilliana. Pleasure,” she says, her voice light and airy.
She holds out her free hand for me to shake. I hesitantly take it and give it a quick pump before dropping it.
This is weird.
“I’m Wryn,” I say, and she nods and then sits up, crossing her legs.
“I’ve never had another girl in the house,” she says.
“Are you a relative of Connor’s?” I ask, trying to figure out what the relation is.
She’s young, compared to him.
“He’s my brother,” she says simply, and my lips purse as I search her face for any resemblance. “We don’t have the same mom.”
“Oh. Okay.”
“Our father died, and the funeral is tomorrow.”
Well, shit.
I never really paused to consider the full implication of what my actions would cause. It feels so weird—to be the reason for the funeral and her not even know it. I can’t decide if she is sad about it. The way she talks is so to the point. She’s young, but she has an old-soul feel about her.
“I’m sorry,” I reply, not really sure what else to say.
I’m sorry I stuck a knife in your father’s throat?
“It’s okay. I didn’t really see him that much. I don’t guess it will be any different around here now.”
My heart breaks for this girl. She seems like she’s maybe barely in high school, and she’s already so unemotional toward death—her own father’s death. It makes me wonder what her life has been like.
“You live here?”
“Yeah. Why are you here?” She leans in, widening her eyes. It’s freaky. She’s got really deep, dark brown eyes that seem almost like they are trying to suck me in and take my soul.
I lean back instinctively.
“I’m a guest, kind of,” I say, and she presses her lips into a thin line.
“We don’t have guests, not like you. Mostly, they’re old or men or both. But I think that might change now.”
“Why?”
“Because,” she says, shrugging. “You want to get out of here?”
“Like, this room?”
She nods, and I sit up suddenly.
“Yes, absolutely.”
“I thought maybe you were shy since you haven’t come out in a few days.”
“Uh, no.”
