Black Halo by S. L. Naeole

Author:S. L. Naeole [Naeole, S. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781461063926
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2011-04-03T00:00:00+00:00

THE MISTAKE

"Grace, Grace get up."

It was three days before prom. Well, two days and half a night, but the time didn't matter. It was the urgent shaking, the lights that drilled into my eyes when darkness should have--would have--been far more welcoming that mattered.

"Mmm. What's wrong?" I looked into grey eyes and blinked to adjust my vision. They were wrong.

"There's nothing wrong with my eyes--it's your vision that needs adjusting. Good grief--you mortals and your shortcomings."

I sat upright on the bed, my body jerking as I took in the long missed face. "Lark!" My arms whipped around her and I pulled her into a pathetic embrace--pathetic because, quite simply, it's pretty impossible to pull an angel anywhere.

"Were you expecting someone else?" she grumbled, turning the tables on me and pulling me towards her, hugging me the way I should have been able to hug her. If I didn't know any better, I'd say it was an act that was filled with a sense of desperation.

"Well, yeah. You've been gone--it's just been Robert and me in this house. What are you doing here? When did you get back? Does Robert know you're here? What about Graham? Did you see him? Why didn't you tell me about you turning him?"

"Whoa--chill. I'm an angel but even I can't answer all of those questions all at once." She stood up and walked over to the dresser, returning with a shirt and a pair of jeans that she had removed from my bags, the action so quick, I didn't even see it. "Put these on and I'll try to explain while you do."

I grabbed the clothes from her hands and did as she told, waiting only until she began to speak.

"I'm here to bring you home, Grace. And yes, Robert knows I'm here. He nearly took my head off when I showed up--he's on edge right now." She looked at me, seeing that I had paused, one leg in my jeans, the other hanging out. "Don't stop, keep dressing otherwise I'm going to dress you myself.

"As for Graham, he's part of the reason why I'm here."

I slipped the t-shirt on and pulled my hair into a quick ponytail, my attention now all hers. "What's going on? What's wrong with Graham?"

"There's been an accident, Grace."

"What do you mean? What's happened? What's happened to him?" I felt panic begin to flood my chest as I ran towards Lark's bedroom door, flinging it open to see Robert standing there, his dark hair standing on end, his eyes half-crazed.

"What's going on?" My breath was short and I felt the blood in my hands turn to ice as I saw his eyes turn just as cold.

"Someone died in your house tonight, Grace."

You know how in the movies, when the female character is told something shocking, her hand flies to her mouth to cover a scream, a gasp, whatever? This doesn't happen in real life. No. Instead, your hands go to the part of you that starts to hurt first. Mine flew to my stomach and my heart, each one simultaneously convulsing in pain.

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