Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 138

Chapter 138 Decent Enough

There were other active people like Sylas, but there were less than a hundred that had come back to the Browns family. With how large the compound was, the odds of a coincidence occurring were low at best, impossible at worst.

It was a young woman wearing a tracksuit as well. The outfit was quite formfitting, and for some reason, despite the chilly breeze, the zipper was undone to the point mounds of delicate brown skin were clearly visible.

She looked up toward Sylas in surprise, doing a double take at his height before smiling.

"This is the second time," Sylas suddenly said before the woman could speak.

The young woman blinked in confusion.

Her reaction was expected. Sylas was speaking nonsense to her, she had all the right in the world to look at him like a crazy person.

"Who sent you?" Sylas asked.

She blinked in surprise. "I…"

Sylas shook his head. "Just tell them that they don't need to test me like this. It isn't necessary."

He stepped by the woman, continuing up the hilly trek with large steps.

"Sy, you're never going to get a girlfriend like that," Elara spoke into his ear.

Sylas almost wanted to laugh. "I can get a girlfriend just fine."

"Can you?" Elara asked doubtfully. "Why have I never seen you with one?"

Sylas didn't even know how to respond. He wouldn't introduce his family to random women, least of all his little sister. It was hard to judge a person's character even after you had known them for years, let alone a few short months. Who knew what they might do?

That wasn't to say that Sylas walked around thinking everyone to be some sort of mass murderer, but there were many levels below that, especially in the social media age. He didn't want to piss off the wrong woman, and have it end with his little sister getting harassed.

He was fiercely protective of those he loved.

"Maybe one day," Sylas finally said.

"Humph, if you're that desperate, I can introduce you to some nice girls. Remember Sophie? She really—"

Sylas reached back and covered his little sister's mouth, a cold sweat forming on his brow for the first time in this run.

He did not want to listen to his little sister pitch to him why he should be considering a 13-year-old for a girlfriend.

Elara wiggled her tongue into Sylas' palm as revenge and the pair of siblings continued their hike up the mountain, leaving a stunned young woman behind.