Dodd, Christina - Darkness Chosen 4 by Into the Flame

Author:Into the Flame [Flame, Into the]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-08-20T06:30:53+00:00

Firebird would never know.

He could fix what he had done. He had to.

He came back and sat down.

‘‘Do you understand what I’m saying?’’ She took his hand and squeezed his fingers a little too hard. ‘‘

You’re the baby boy.’’

‘‘I understand.’’ One question had to be answered before he knew what to do. ‘‘Are they good to you?

’’

‘‘Who?’’

‘‘Your . . . the family. The Wilders. Are they good to you?’’

‘‘You mean, were they angry at me because I wasn’t really their daughter?’’ She was getting huffy. ‘‘

Because they weren’t. I know you don’t know them, but that’s not the kind of people they are.’’

Huffy or not, he needed to know. ‘‘Your whole life. Have they been good parents and taken care of you?’’

‘‘Are you worried about what you’re getting into? They’re really good people. The whole family. I promise. I love them dearly, and they love me, and I just wish—’’ She stopped.

‘‘What do you wish?’’

‘‘I wish I were still their child. You don’t know—’’ She stopped again.

‘‘What don’t I know?’’

‘‘Look. If you don’t want them, I do.’’ She bounced up on her knees. ‘‘I know you’ve had a rough life.

I can’t imagine how difficult it’s been for you, going through your first transformation and not knowing what was happening, having to grow up in an orphanage and on the streets, and getting a job at the police force when you were so young, so you could find your parents. It must have been awful. I’m not discounting that.’’

‘‘It was okay.’’ He didn’t know what else to say, how to ease her increasing agitation. He didn’t even understand what she was agitated about.

‘‘But here you are at last. Your dream is coming true. You’ve found your family. Papa and Mama, Jasha, Rurik, and Adrik.’’

‘‘And Aleksandr,’’ he reminded her.

‘‘And Aleksandr. How could I forget Aleksandr?’’ Her hands were shaking. Her voice was rising. ‘‘You

’re stepping into this spot ready-made for you, and you know what? For you to do that, I have to step out. All my life, I’ve been the miraculous girl child. I’ve been the baby. I’ve been spoiled. Now it’s you.

And like I said, I know you’ve had it tougher than me, I know I’m being selfish, but this is what I feel, and I have the right to my feelings.’’

‘‘Wow. No wonder you were so angry at me for being mad about Aleksandr.’’

‘‘You have the right to your feelings, too.’’ But she spoke quickly and without an ounce of sincerity. ‘‘

Just don’t act like it’s a job offer and you’re not sure you want the position. You take it and be grateful, and I’ll stand on the outside and try to be gracious.’’

He thought hard, trying to say the right thing. Instead he said, ‘‘So that’s what the DNA test was really for.’’

‘‘Yes, but the test isn’t necessary now. Once you told me about being found in Nevada, I knew you were that baby.’’ A tear slipped down her cheek, and angrily she dashed it away. ‘‘Once I

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