Relentless (Karen Lynch) by Karen Lynch

Author:Karen Lynch
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Karen Lynch
Published: 2013-12-26T00:00:00+00:00

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I spent Sunday morning working on my English paper and trying to keep Oscar away from the attic and his growing unhealthy fascination with imps. “Trust me, you don’t want to mess with those little monsters,” I warned as I chased him away from the crack beneath the attic door for what seemed like the hundredth time.

By some stroke of luck he finally managed to corner one in the bathroom and the angry chattering tore me from my work. I shooed Oscar away from the bathroom and looked at the tiny demon. Six inches tall, pasty white and bald, the little fiend stood on the toilet tank with one hand on his hip and the other waving a fist at the cat. I felt something brush against my leg and knew Oscar had not heeded my warning to stay away. The imp began to jump up and down, emitting little furious shrieks at the sight of the cat, his loincloth fluttering around him.

“Oh stop it,” I scolded him. “The last thing I need to see is your nasty little demon parts.”

The imp halted immediately and looked down at the bit of cloth covering him. They liked to pretend they could not understand humans but I’d suspected all along they were faking. “Got you!” I said with a smirk before I bent down to pick up Oscar and carry him over to the bed. “You stay there if you don’t want to get bitten. I don’t think imp bites will go over too well with the vet.”

At noon my phone rang and I scrambled to answer it, ready for a distraction. “Hey Roland.”

“Finally. I thought you were ignoring me. I texted you like four times yesterday.”

I sat on the bed and fell back until I was staring at the ceiling. “I was ignoring you.”

He gave a nervous laugh. “I take it Samson called? Before you say anything, he’s a great guy and I thought you two hit it off last weekend.”

I let out a loud sigh. “I do like him. But you know I can’t get… involved with anyone now, especially with my life as crazy as it is right now.” I didn’t mention the whole immortal thing. Roland and I hadn’t talked about the fact that we wouldn’t age together. I’d already tried to imagine him at forty when I still looked like a teenager but the thought had freaked me out so I’d shoved it away where I didn’t have to deal with it.

“I just thought you could use some fun in your life. Now that Greg’s gone you can expect more guys to ask you out.”

Wait. What? “What are you talking about?”

He laughed and I could picture him shaking his head. “Sara, Greg let every guy in school know that he’d take it personally if anyone hurt you or broke your heart. They were all too scared of him to go near you after that.”

“You’d better be kidding me.” My face burned. I couldn’t believe Greg had done something like that.

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