Phoenix Fire by S.D. Grimm

Author:S.D. Grimm
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Entangled, Teen, YA, young adult, romance, Phoenix, shapeshifter, shifter, paranormal, Monsters, Werewolves, Sweet, Urban, Back-in-Time, time travel, Across The Tracks, Coming of Age, Forbidden Love, Overcoming Odds, Reunited Lovers
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2018-01-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Six

Nick

A strange tug inside my heart pulled, and I looked out the coffee shop window, scanning the parking lot. Gwen. She had to be close. I didn’t see her. Didn’t see anything but cars and red, orange, and yellow leaves skittering across the pavement.

But I’d felt her.

This next full moon could be hers. I needed to be ready.

Kelsey returned to the table, coffee in hand. “It’s really getting cold out there.” She smiled and sat down. Then she frowned. “Is something wrong?”

I shook my head and shrugged. Aside from the fact that I’d just recalled how my conversation with Gwen, my twin sister, had resulted in her betraying our entire family and all the Light Phoenixes, nothing was wrong. And yet I felt like I’d just slaughtered someone all over again. It was like I stood outside of my father’s council room door again, waiting to give him the bad news. That I’d killed three of the four he’d asked me to go after.

That I’d failed again.

Kelsey tilted her head to the side. “You don’t have to tell me.” Her big, brown eyes rounded. Soft and comforting. She reached across the table and touched my hand. “I know something’s wrong, though.”

For a moment that seemed to stall time, I stared into her eyes. My heart blazed because I wanted this. I wanted something. Companionship. A deeper connection. Something more than fighting and protecting without ever feeling loved in return. These were the hardest days, when Cade and Ava didn’t remember. When they would start to recall all the ways I’d failed them. All the things that I’d done to betray their trust.

All in the name of protection.

So I stared deep into Kelsey’s eyes because I wanted the comfort I’d received so long ago. But she couldn’t give it to me. She’d never understand. She was human. I was a Phoenix. I could never have this. Not anymore. It was forbidden.

The tightness in my chest pulled so hard it hurt. And I tugged my hand free of her grasp. “Kelsey, you’re a nice girl.”

“I know.” She sighed and her lips twisted as if fighting a frown. “You lost someone. I can see it in your eyes. I’m sorry.”

“S-sorry?” The air left my lungs as if someone punched me in the gut. She could see it in my eyes? Why did she have to say that? Why couldn’t she have said a million other phrases? A sharp heat seemed to flood my skin. She had to say the same thing Dinah always said to me. Of all the things in life that surprised me, this was not something I’d prepared to deal with. I could hardly breathe.

She chewed the inside of her cheek. “Do you want to talk about her?”

“No.” My voice sounded husky.

“Okay.” She sighed and leaned back. “My boyfriend died two years ago.”

“What?” I looked into her eyes.

She smiled sadly, but a tear slipped out, and she wiped it away. “Yeah. He was—I loved him.” She paused and fought more tears.

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