Original Sin by Lisa Desrochers

Author:Lisa Desrochers
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2011-07-31T05:00:00+00:00

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Original Sin

Frannie

Taylor’s in the shower, and I have to keep poking my head in the door to make sure she’s upright. I brought her to my house last night when she was with it enough to call her mom, and she stayed over. I helped her to the bathroom twice in the middle of the night so she could heave into the toilet, and spent the rest of the night curled around her in the bed while she shook.

I towel off my wet hair and toss the damp towel at Matt, where he lounges across my bed. I pull my robe tighter. “You think Taylor’s gonna be okay?”

I’d almost swear anger flashes in his eyes before they turn sad. “I don’t know.”

“She’s just so…messed up. I think that demon did something to her—I mean other than…you know.” My stomach twists into a hard ball as the image from the party surfaces.

“You’ll have to ask your boyfriend about that,” he says, his voice suddenly acid.

My eyes shoot to him. “What would Luc know about it?”

“Everything. He’s one of them.”

“Stop it, Matt,” I snap.

His eyes narrow and his voice becomes a growl. “He lies to you, Frannie.”

“He doesn’t! But, speaking of lying, he thinks there’s something going on with you and Lili.”

Matt doesn’t answer. He just lies there, staring.

“So…is there?”

He doesn’t look at me. I can see him struggling to get the word no out of his mouth, but he can’t lie.

I feel myself soften as a flicker of hope tickles my brain. “So, how would that work, exactly? Could you…I don’t know…”

He lifts his head and looks dead at me with a rueful half smile. “No.”

“Why not? Luc is with me.” I hear the hope in my voice and I know it’s selfish. Is it wrong to hope he can have a life?

“It doesn’t work that way. Even if I wanted it—”

“Why not? It’s not fair.”

He jumps off the bed, and his glare burns through me. The hair on my arms stands on end as his power surges, and ozone fills the room. His voice is a low growl. “Don’t talk to me about fair. That demon gets everything and I get nothing.”

His eyes spread wide and his face pulls into a mask of shock as my stomach drops to my knees. I can’t believe Matt just said that. Not only what he said, but how he said it. And, from the look on his face, neither can he.

“I…,” he starts, but trails off, shocked speechless. He drops his forehead into his hand and rubs.

“Matt…I’m…” What? Sorry? I lower my lashes and inspect my hands. “It shouldn’t have been this way.”

He sits back on the bed. “Well, it is,” he says, sounding really tired.

I ease into my desk chair and look up at him cautiously. “And you’re wrong about Luc,” I say, knowing this might not be the right time, but feeling like I need to say it anyway. “He’s mortal now. Just like me.”

He heaves a huge sigh, but his eyes stay trained on the carpet.

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