Dark Flame by Alyson Noël

Author:Alyson Noël [Noël, Alyson]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: cookie429, Kat, Extratorrents
ISBN: 9780312590970
Amazon: 0312590970
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 2010-06-21T14:00:00+00:00

nineteen

I don't even think about it. Don't even stop to think twice. I just

make the portal, land back in the earth plane, and head for

Damen's.

But then, just as I'm pul ing up to his gate, I think better.

The twins wil be there.

The twins are always there.

And this is definitely something that shouldn't be discussed

in their presence.

But since the gates are already in motion and Sheila is

happily waving me in, I drive right through and head for the

park instead. Parking my car at the curb and heading straight

for the swings, I settle onto the smal bucket seat and propel

myself forward with such force, I actual y wonder if I'l loop al

the way around before coming back down. But I don't, I just

sway back and forth, enjoying the rush of wind on my cheeks

as I fly ever higher, and the slight dip in my bel y when I come

crashing back down. Closing my eyes and cal ing Damen to

me--using whatever powers I stil have before the monster can

awaken and begin its favorite pastime of sabotaging me.

Adding up the seconds, and not even getting to ten before

he's standing before me.

The air has changed, ignited by his presence, his gaze

sending a delicious warm tingle over my skin. And when I

open my eyes to meet his--it's like the first time we met in the

parking lot at school--mesmerizing, magical, a moment of

complete and total surrender. The sun at his back, enveloping

him in a blaze of bold orange, golds, and reds so bril iant, it's

as though they're emanating from him. And I hold on to the

moment, hold it for as long as I can. Al too aware that it's just

a matter of time before it dul s and I become numb to him

again.

He takes the swing alongside me, gliding high into the sky

and instantly matching my pace. The two of us swooping to

such deliriously, wonderful heights, only to plummet right back

down again--an analogy of our relationship for the last four

hundred years.

But when he gazes at me with an expectant look on his

face, I know I'm about to disappoint him. I'm not here for the

reason he thinks.

I take a deep breath, speaking past the lump in my throat

when I say, "Listen." I turn toward him. "I know things are kind

of-- strained--" I pause, knowing that hardly describes it but

continuing anyway. "But, wel , after you left, I came across

something so extraordinary, I rushed here to tel you. And if we

can just push al this other stuff aside, at least for now, I think

you're gonna want to hear this."

He cocks his head and drinks me in, his gaze so deep,

dark, and intense it halts the words right in my throat.

Forcing me to gaze down at the ground, marking a series of

smal circles into the dirt with my toe, pushing the words from

my lips when I say, "I know this'l probably sound crazy, so

crazy you probably won't even believe it at first--but I'm tel ing

you--no matter how far-fetched it may seem, it's total y and

completely real, I saw it for myself.

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