Saving Angel by J.L. Weil

Author:J.L. Weil [Weil, J.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: BluA
Published: 2012-09-05T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

He stood up, putting the phone back in his pocket.

“Are you leaving?” I asked, probably sounding clingy.

“Yeah, I have to get home and talk to Devin before he shits a brick. Lexi’s already here.”

Just then she came through the front door like she was walking on glass, waiting for a nuclear explosion. Her eyes bounced from Chase to me. I fussed with my ratted hair and tugged on my shirt.

“What were you guys doing?” She was grinning.

“Nothing,” Chase grounded out. “Look Lex, she knows. Talk to her.”

Her eyes got as big as a saucer. “She knows? What? Wait how?”

“I don’t have time for a rundown. Just stay with her. And no compulsion,” he added.

I watched him stroll out the door with a weird, sad, and disappointed feeling I couldn’t understand.

Lexi bounded into the room and sat down next to me like an energizer bunny. Was she always this excitable?

“Did you guys…” she raised a perfectly arched brow.

“What? No. Definitely not,” I said outraged.

It didn’t faze her. “Did you kiss him at least?” she asked noticing my messy hair and disarrayed clothes.

I could still feel his lips on my neck.

“Lexi!” I exclaimed. “No, I didn’t kiss him. We can hardly even stand each other.”

She totally didn’t buy that, and her glinting eyes laughed at my denial. “But you want to.”

Ugh. This was highly embarrassing.

Her eyes turned serious. “You aren’t freaking out,” she commented like she just realized.

“Why would I freak out?” I asked happy to be on a new topic.

“I did hear him right? You know?” she asked, warily taking a seat beside me and tucking her feet under.

I nodded my head. “Yeah. He told me about you being Divisa.” The word still sounded foreign on my tongue.

“You aren’t…scared of me,” she asked under her thick lashes, almost afraid of my answer.

“No, I don’t think so. I just still can’t believe my best friend is half-demon. It doesn’t seem real.”

“Oh it’s real. I’m so glad you know. It was so hard keeping it a secret from you,” she said with uber glee.

I grinned at her. “Me too.” Maybe some of her giddiness was rubbing off on me.

“I’ve never had a human friend before,” she admitted.

Well I’ve never had a supernatural friend before. So it looked like we were both in for a few surprises. “Why?” I asked.

She shrugged like it was no big deal, but I could tell that it hurt. “People are put off by us. They somehow feel the evil under the surface, and it keeps them from getting too close. It’s like a signal of caution, lonely for me, but protection for them. They just don’t know it.” She looked up at me, her turquoise eyes bright. “Except you. You don’t shrink away or treat me any different.”

Odd. Why didn’t I feel what everyone else did?

“That’s not normal is it?” I asked.

She shook her head. “I’ve only ever met one other person who didn’t have that instinctual alarm and…” her voice trailed off.

“And what?” I prompted on edge.

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