Evernight by Knoebel Candace

Author:Knoebel, Candace [Knoebel, Candace]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Paranormal, Fantasy, Romance, Vampires, Young Adult
Amazon: B00MUBWIB6
Goodreads: 23315091
Publisher: Candace Knoebel
Published: 2014-09-01T07:00:00+00:00

HOURS LATER, I FIND MYSELF standing statue-still, clutching onto a wooden flux.

“Well, that was fun,” Weldon says with a sardonic smile. The simulated church disappears, and the metal walls of the training room reappear. “You do realize that not moving isn’t a viable defense mechanism when there’s a group of Darkyns dragging your partner and friends off, don’t you?”

“I know,” I say as I hang my head and exhale a resigning breath. The feeling of defeat has become as common as breathing for me.

We were the last to go in General Sterling’s assessment, and the only pair to fail miserably. All because of me. All because I froze up. There are too many things racing through my mind, too many objectives that I want to achieve and not enough time to achieve them in.

I brace myself when the door flies open to the room, and the general walks in. His face is stern, his eyes shielded. I wait for the moment he points out just how much of a screw up I am, but the moment never comes. He stops abruptly in front of me and twirls the end of his mustache.

Weldon stands a little straighter… straighter than I think I’ve ever seen him stand before.

“I want you two to spend the next hour getting to know each other, away from the rest of your crew. You need to learn about each other.” He directs his straight-faced gaze over to Weldon. “You’re half-demon, correct?”

Weldon nods sharply, pulling his feet together.

“Yet, you didn’t use that part of yourself,” the general points out.

Weldon shifts his weight. “Well, I try not to tap into that part of myself. It’s not something I feel I should use. It’s not… natural.”

“Nonsense!” the general says, dropping his hand to his side. “Any ability, whether naturally given, or wrongfully given, is still an ability worth using. You’re cutting yourself short, just like your partner here, by not allowing yourself to be who you really are.”

Weldon eyes me sidelong, and then dips his head down.

“And your natural-given partner…” the general drags out.

“She’s held up in the Underground, sir,” Weldon answers. His tone makes me glance over at him out of the corner of my eye. A strange, painful poking feeling stabs at my sides. At my heart. I’m no stranger to loss. To that awful monster who hides in the corner, waiting for that moment when you least expect it to come thrashing out and steal the ground right out from under you. It’s always there, always hovering close by, holding the small piece of your heart that it ripped out.

Reminding you that in the end, death is inescapable.

The general sucks in a sharp breath as his lips dip southward. “I’m sorry to hear that, son,” he says, placing a heavy hand on Weldon’s shoulder. “It’s never easy losing a partner. It took me eight years to adjust to losing mine.”

My eyebrows crease together. Weldon’s does too. I think my heart is drowning in endless, grieving tears.

The general’s eyes grow distant.

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