Natural Selection by Donna Dull

Author:Donna Dull [Dull, Donna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: paranormal
Publisher: Donna Dull
Published: 2017-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

I made it down the street before realizing I hadn’t grabbed my coat. The sound of footsteps behind me made me go faster. I didn’t want to talk to Xander. He probably could have caught me if he wanted to, but after a half of a block he stopped. I ignored him when he called my name, and I turned the corner. It wasn’t until I was pounding on Nathanial’s door that I realized I was headed here the whole time. He opened it and eyed me like a stranger for a long moment before jerking a little and staring at my face. I didn’t give him any longer to react as I collapsed into his arms sobbing. He calmly scooped me up and carried me to the sofa. He held me on his lap while I sobbed until I calmed myself to hiccuppy breathing and occasional tears. I moved to the opposite end of the loveseat. Pulling my knees to my chest and wrapping my arms around them, I sat miserably as he stared at me.

I hadn’t really thought about the fact he hadn’t seen me since I had changed. Trying to study him through my lashes for a clue, I wondered what he thought of the new me, but his expression was unreadable. My snug, hot pink cotton top with beaded embroidery at the neck and a long broom skirt tiered in olive green, denim blue and hot pink was one of the new outfits Sariah had picked out. I laid my chin on my knees and quietly waited. I knew there would be questions, and I wasn’t sure if I had answers.

“So why are you here?” he asked, surprising me. I hadn’t expected him to gloss over the changes so easily. But it occurred to me it had been three months, and he wasn’t stuck in his house like I was—and he was friends with my brother. I suppose it was natural that it had been mentioned. I opened my mouth to answer, but his cell phone went off. He held up one finger as he flipped it open. “Hello... Dude, calm down. She’s here… No, she’s fine—just a little upset… I don’t think that’s a good idea, Xander. I’ll bring her home later…. I will… Ok, bye.”

He slid the phone back into his pocket. For some reason, at that moment, it struck me how rarely he wore jeans. I’d always chalked it up to him being a little preppy, but now I knew better. We hadn’t been able to find me any jeans in the stores because of the Lycra and spandex added to them. I’d found a few older pairs of Levis at Goodwill, but mostly what I had were slacks or skirts. That had be why Nate wore a lot of cotton slacks.

“Now that my life has been threatened if I don’t return you in mint condition,” he said dryly, “what exactly happened?”

“I just needed to get away. Evelyn and her parents are killing people like us, Nate.

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