Never Have I Ever by Isabel Yap

Author:Isabel Yap
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Small Beer Press
Published: 2021-01-12T04:37:17+00:00

“We are never going to be free of this,” Selena said in the aftermath, wearing the tattered remnants of her dress. Tears ran down her face. She looked more mad than sad, just a girl who’d had an awful night. Somehow her sash had survived the fight. The club, unfortunately, had not.

We picked through the remnants of the monster, as Natalie and Ria hurried Aiko to the nearest hospital. Selena found its glass heart: our offering to the goddess, the leftover manifestation of malice. She clutched it to her chest and wept as it dissolved, a swell of white filling her hands then fading. When her palms were empty, she sank to her knees. “I’m tired, Alex. I’m tired. So tired.”

I held her, and rocked her back and forth, whispering, “Things might still change,” and “Shhh, shhh, I’m here.” I stroked her hair, wiped her cheeks. Her tears were warm and heartbreaking. I thought But if this ends, if we do finally become free, will we still be together? I felt selfish and awful and bonetired, and also—for one brief, treacherous moment—glad it wasn’t over.

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