Chosen by Grace (Divine Fate Trilogy Book 1) by Alicia Rades

Author:Alicia Rades [Rades, Alicia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Crystallite Publishing
Published: 2018-02-25T16:00:00+00:00

15

We pulled up in front of my house too soon. I wanted to hold onto him longer.

I was surprised when Marek walked me to the door. I turned to him with my hand on the doorknob. The porch light illuminated his features. His eyes danced across my face, and his lips curled into a hint of a smile.

I hardly knew Marek, and already I had this urge to give him a hug goodbye. After everything he’d done for me, I felt like he at least deserved that much.

“What?” he asked curiously.

I wasn’t bold enough to hug him first.

“I still have so many questions.” It was only an excuse to keep him here longer.

“Like what?” he asked.

He reached out a hand to tuck a strand of stray hair behind my ear. My skin heated where he’d touched me. It didn’t even seem like he noticed what he’d done.

I dropped my hand from the doorknob. I’d much rather stay out here talking to Marek than go inside. I didn’t want him to leave.

“I don’t know. Is there more I should know? Besides the fireballs and flying, what else can we do?”

“We can heal,” he said. “Ever been sick, Ryn?”

“No,” I answered automatically. The reality of it hit me so hard it nearly took my breath away. I sank into the porch swing.

Marek sat beside me. “What is it?”

I knotted my hands in my lap. It wasn’t exactly a deep, dark secret, but I hadn’t really talked about it before. It was the reason Mom wouldn’t let me drive anymore.

“I was in a bad car accident last spring,” I said. “The doctors couldn’t believe how fast I healed.”

Marek gazed at me with a look of concern. “What happened?”

I was surprised at how easy it was to open up to him. “We didn’t have anything worth cooking in the house, so Mom sent me to the grocery store to pick up a few things. On the way home, a group of people from my high school ran a red light and hit me. I fractured my leg and broke a couple of ribs.”

Marek gasped. “Ryn, I’m so sorry.”

“I’m okay now,” I assured him. “The funny thing about it is that the accident is one of the reasons I came here.”

He tilted his head. “What do you mean?”

“I told you Mom always chooses where we move next.”

Marek nodded.

“Well, when I was in the hospital, Mom asked if there was anything she could do to make things better. My only request was that I got to choose where we moved next. She agreed.”

Not that she cared about any of that anymore. It was like she didn’t even remember the accident happened.

“Instinct told me to take another route, but I ignored it,” I said. “After that, I swore I would listen to my instincts more often. I guess my instinct led me here.”

“Grace led you here,” Marek emphasized.

His words struck me, and we both fell silent as we rocked back and forth on the porch swing. My mind flew through everything I’d learned over the past few days.

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