The Circus - Kestral Volta (read aloud txt) 📗

to do it without a ringleader, but they’d muddle along somehow. They’d have to until Alex was better.
The next night, Alex was sat outside his caravan, thinking. The other performers had noticed he’d become progressively depressed, but they understood. He wasn’t the only one who’d lost someone.
The show was about to begin and Alex listened to the applause from the audience. He was dreading the day when he’d have to get on that stage and introduce the performers. The others had been trying to think of a stage name for him, to try and bring him round the idea of being a ringleader. The truth was that Alex already knew what he’d call himself: Alex the Immortal.
The night was cold and it was just starting to snow. Alex pulled his coat around him tighter, the bandages around his stomach shifting slightly.
The night air was cold in his lungs, the silence hung around him like a cloak.
Alex was thinking about the snow when he heard a small sound behind him. He turned in his chair. Out of the corner of his eye, he thought he saw shadows shift slightly. He stood, slowly and hobbled to the side of his caravan and listened.
A snap of a twig.
Alex moved closer.
A small cough. There was someone out there.
“Who’s there?” Alex asked to the shadows.
He moved closer. He could hear breathing now. It was high and thin, a girl’s.
“Who’s there? I know you’re out there.” Alex said again.
And then she was on him, her arms tight around his throat. Pain shot through his stomach as he twisted from her grip. Alex yelped in pain and caught her wrists tightly.
“Wait! W-wait! It’s me!”
Alex couldn’t quite believe what he was hearing.
“Alex! I couldn’t be without you! I love you! My world is nothing without you!” the female voice shuddered through Alex, turning his blood cold.
“Amber.” He whispered before pulling her close and kissing her. “Wait, no. Why?”
“Don’t tell me you’ve been fine without me!” she whispered into his chest.
“I...I can’t...I love you! Just...just stay. Don’t go again!” Alex pleaded.
“Don’t worry, I’ll never leave you.” She promised.
The hugged. The embrace lasted a long moment. And then they kissed.

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Publication Date: 05-10-2011

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