Inner Demons by Amanda Strong

Author:Amanda Strong [Strong, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Clean Teen Publishing, Inc.

Chapter 26

Blake’s surprise was almost as comical as Jocelyn’s shock. “He’s not,” she stammered, but the sudden blush in her cheeks said otherwise.

“Oh good, so we can keep talking then,” I insisted, watching my sister squirm under our glares. “So has Kory made good on his promise yet? Are you one of us now?”

She seemed to be weighing her options. Finally, she shook her head. “No. I’m not like you.” The defeat in her tone was hard to miss.

Blake tilted his head to the side. “Seems like he would have changed you by now. Wonder what he’s waiting for?”

She made a face at him. “I had to give him what he needed first. You can’t just change someone without the right DNA.” She said it like we should’ve known this.

Blake snorted, and I suddenly felt sorry for my sister. It was apparent Kory was stringing her along for some reason. The worst part was that she seemed to genuinely care for the jerk.

“Jocelyn,” I said, drawing nearer. “If Kory wanted to change you, he would’ve by now. He’s been lying to you. He doesn’t need to make your formula different for it to work.”

“You’re wrong,” she said, backing up a step. “He warned me you’d try to stop me, to keep this world from me, like you have the right to decide. Kory’s making sure things are just right for me. He doesn’t want me to suffer because,” she hesitated, “because he loves me.”

“Okay, let’s say Kory does love you,” Blake said evenly. “And who knows, maybe in his own twisted way, he does. What does he mean by the right DNA?”

Jocelyn sighed, rolling her eyes at us. “Again, he needed a good match for me. So the transition would be smooth and painless.” She glanced at me and said, “He told me yours was extremely painful, and I don’t want that.”

I scowled. “Since when does Kory know what I felt?”

Blake’s disbelief matched mine. “So Kory needed your DNA to make your own special serum?”

Jocelyn’s haughtiness slipped as her eyes darted to the window again. “Not mine,” she said, her lips twitching.

I frowned. “Then whose?”

Her eyes shot to the carpet. “Yours,” she admitted.

“Mine?” I asked, gaping at her even though she refused to meet my gaze. “Kory wants my blood?”

When she didn’t answer right away, Blake said, “Well, he’s not getting it. Ever.”

The way Jocelyn shifted her weight didn’t bode well with me. The mysterious padded envelope Sammy had given Jocelyn tugged at my mind. It couldn’t possibly have been that, could it?

“I think he might already have it,” I said, my stomach falling.

Jocelyn’s eyes met mine, and she nodded slowly.

“What? How?” Blake demanded.

“You said Sammy showed you her wings. Let me guess, back in November, right?” I asked, piecing it all together. The time between passing out in Tonbo’s theater and waking up in Jaxon’s cave. That short time period that had haunted me for months was finally falling into place. I’d left the theater, stopped at the Outskirts, chatted with some ancients, and then gone to see my sister.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.