01. Half-Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Author:Jennifer L. Armentrout [Armentrout, Jennifer L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: elemental magic, YA, Greek gods, demons, mythology, urban fantasy
Published: 2011-09-25T15:15:44+00:00

“I’ve been looking for you.” He fel into step beside me.

“Apparently, you’ve holed yourself up in your dorm, and your friends have advised me males are not al owed in the dorm. I’m no exception, which I find strange and very irritating. Sil y little Covenant rules shouldn’t apply to me.”

I frowned, not sure what to be skeeved out about more: that he knew who my friends were or that he was looking for me. Both things were equal y creepy to me. He could snap my neck like a twig. He was the Apol yon—someone no one wanted looking for them.

“So I’ve been waiting for you to reappear.”

Now this was creepy. I felt his stare, but I kept my eyes trained ahead. “Why?”

Seth easily fel into step beside me. “I want to know what you are.”

I froze and I had to look at him. He was pretty close, not touching. Frankly, he looked like he didn’t want to. Caution played across his arresting features as he watched me.

“I’m a half-blood.”

He arched a blond brow. “Wow. I had no idea you were a half-blood, Alexandria. Color me shocked.”

My eyes narrowed on him. “Cal me Alex. So why did you ask?”

“Yes, I know. Everyone cal s you by some boy’s name.”

His upper lip curled and frustration fil ed his voice. “Anyway, you know that is not what I’m asking. I want to know what you are.”

Pissing off the Apol yon probably wasn’t the smartest thing to do, but my mood was somewhere between crappy and real y crappy. I folded my arms across my chest. “I’m a girl. You’re a boy. Does that clear things up for you?”

One corner of his mouth quirked. “Thank you for the gender lesson. I’ve always been confused when it comes to boy and girl parts, but once again, not what I’m asking.” He stepped forward, tilting his head to the side. “Around May, Lucian requested my presence at Council. They found you around the same time. I find that strange.”

My instincts screamed for me to take a step back, but I refused. “Okay?”

“I don’t believe in coincidences. Lucian’s order has to do with you. So it begs a very important question.”

“Which is?

“What is so important about a little girl whose mother is a daimon?” He circled around me. I twisted, fol owing his movement. “Why would Lucian want me here now, but not before? You were right in your dean’s office. You would not be the first half or even pure to face down a loved one or a friend in battle. What makes you so special?”

Irritation twitched within me. “I have no clue. Why don’t you go and ask him?”

Several short strands escaped the leather thong and fel around his face. “I doubt Lucian is being truthful.”

“Lucian doesn’t have to be truthful.”

“You would know. He is your stepfather.”

“Lucian is nothing to me. What you saw in that office was bizarre. He must’ve been high on power or meth.”

“Then you would not be upset if I said he was a pompous ass?”

I bit back my laugh.

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