Darker Days by Jus Accardo

Author:Jus Accardo
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Mystery, teen, Denazen series, Young Adult, Zombies, touch, entangled publishing, series, teen romance, Paranormal, Romance, Fantasy, seven deadly sins, jus accardo, Jessie Darker, teen private investigators
Publisher: Entangled: Teen
Published: 2013-08-19T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

“Meredith,” I repeated.

“In the flesh.” She twirled several times, then turned to Vida. With a chuckle, she said, “Are you sure she’s a Darker? She’s much scrawnier than the last two.”

“Last two—hell in a hailstorm!” The wheels in my brain, admittedly spinning a bit slower than normal, started piecing it all together. Meredith was a witch. A powerful one. Time and the ravages of age had nothing on her. “It was you in 1910 and 1959…”

Meredith sighed. “Not as fast as the last two either, I see. If you’d done your homework, you would have found I was an only child. After I disappeared, my parents had—an unfortunate accident. No further pitter-patter of Wells feet. I’m the only remaining Wells witch.”

“No way.” I had to remind myself to close my mouth. Mom was going to have a field day with this one. We were used to weird, but this was in a league all its own.

“Yes, way,” a new voice said. I turned and saw Kendra making her way toward us. Attention fixed on Meredith, she wore a determined scowl. “She’s telling you the truth.” She stopped beside me, eyes narrowed on the other witch.

My gaze swiveled back to Meredith. “So you killed your own parents?”

“You say kill, I say ended their suffering. To-ma-to, to-mah-to. They were young and took my disappearance hard. There was talk of another child—like I could be replaced. I had to make sure that didn’t happen. I don’t share well.” She giggled and winked at Kendra. “I’m only human after all.”

“How did he not recognize you?”

“Oh, baby—I’m a witch.” She snapped her fingers. Like someone dumped an invisible bucket of bleach over her head, her dark roots brightened. The blond crept downward until it reached the tip of her hair. Blue eyes shimmered and changed. The shape became narrower. The color darkened. Hear heart-shaped face lengthened, cheekbones becoming higher and more defined with the subtle hint of a flush. After a few moments, it was a totally different person standing there, giving me the stink eye. “I can make you see whatever I want.”

Beside me, Kendra snorted. It was a cross between awe and envy. “If you’re all powerful, you think you’d at least get rid of the split ends.”

For a moment, something flashed in Meredith’s eyes, but it passed quickly, giving way to amusement. She leaned forward, and just when I thought things couldn’t get any weirder, took a big whiff of Kendra. “A Belfair. How interesting—and sad.”

“Do I wanna know why she just sniffed you?” I leaned close and whispered to Kendra.

But Kendra didn’t hear me. I didn’t know the whole story, but there were some knots in the trunk of her family tree. The Belfairs were very defensive about their history. “What’s that supposed to mean?”

“You used to be an impressive lot.” Meredith shook her head and began to circle us. “Powerful and revered. Look how far you’ve fallen…”

“Huh,” I said, trying to derail the direction the conversation had taken. Kendra was one of those rare, happy, shiny people, but she had her buttons, same as anyone else.

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