TheClosetKidnapper

Nic I glance at Jackie and flash a smile. Before I answer her, I slip my phone away and silence it so I won't know when or if Charlie replies. ...

Nic She doesn't wake, so I stop trying to make her. Instead, I just sit with her in my arms and try to warm her up the best I can. ...

Nic I pass this cavern, and the heightened state of my anxiety forces me to stop. Just looking in, I think to continue on by; but then something nags at ...

Nic I change and try to disguise myself the best I can before heading out again after night falls. At first, I just wander the streets, but then I start ...

Nic I duck into an alley and disintegrate before they see, ending up back at the hotel. Taking a deep breath, I collapse on my bed and stare up at ...

Nic She just walks out, and I hesitate a moment before following. The paparrazi pass her right by and flock to me, and I realize there's nowhere in public I ...

Nic Can't do what? I follow her to the couch but keep my hands to myself, honestly trying to figure out what she possibly could mean. Is she talking about ...

Nic In a split second, life goes from a comfortable silence with someone I care for to a collage of flashing lights and shouted questions. Without hesitation, I drag Jackie ...

Of course I have to be listening to the most depressing song on the face of the planet during this. -_- Nic Opening my eyes, I wrap my arms around ...

Nic The more I watch, the more depressed I feel. Not because it appears Rayah's dying, though I suppose I care about that in the slightest, which surprises me; but ...

Nic Isn't waiting out the plague just like waiting out death? Jace sits behind Rayah again and leans her against him, noticing her selectivity in people allowed to touch her. ...

Nic "Like, the Black Plague plague or Biblical plague plague?" I ask. Jace elbows me and snaps out of his personality disorder long enough to send me a look. Sending ...

Nic I don't respond to the kiss, realizing how many times she's said something like that in the past forty-eight hours. Ignoring the growing annoyance in the back of my ...

Nic I release a breath I didn't realize I had been holding when I see Jackie herself again and resist the unfathomable urge to pull her into a suffocating hug ...

Nic Jace rushes to Rayah's side and examines her arm, trying to figure out what's broken while quietly hushing her. I think to myself I must have a death wish ...