Shadow's Edge by Maureen Lipinski

Author:Maureen Lipinski
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: teen fiction, teen, Young Adult, Magic, Fiction, drama, Fantasy, romance, teenager, urban fantasy
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
Published: 2011-11-22T22:00:00+00:00

Seventeen

You even listening to me?” I heard Alex say.

“What? Oh, sorry. I was totally spaced out,” I said,

shaking my head. It was so clogged with worry about Slade, fears about not being able to solve Fiona’s murder, and stress about my upcoming English paper that it was becoming harder and harder to remain in the present.

“Are you okay? I asked if you care that I need to stop by my dad’s work on the way home, to drop something off.” Alex leaned against the locker next to me and closed his eyes. His normally tanned complexion looked sallow and there were bluish bags around his eyes.

“No, that’s fine.” I pulled my math book out of my locker, threw it into my bookbag, and kicked my locker shut. “You look kind of tired,” I said. I touched his arm lightly and leaned against the locker next to him. I wanted him to move toward me, to feel his shirt against my hand, but he remained motionless.

“I’m fine. Practice has been killing me lately. I’m so glad I have today off.” His eyes were still closed. He looked like a stone statue, his features perfect and angelic. Like a marble god—a really tanned and hot one.

“I know,” I said. “But I’m sure—”

Brooke and Caroline had appeared in front of us.

“Hey guys,” I said quickly.

Alex snapped his eyes open and straightened up.

“Hey.”

Brooke twisted a long strand of blond hair around her index finger. “Everything okay?”

“Fine. Good.” I shifted my bookbag over my shoulder and looked at Alex. His eyes were closed again.

“So, Leah … ” Caroline began, and Alex snored loudly.

I looked over at Alex and elbowed him slightly. He straightened up again quickly. “What did I miss?” he asked breathily.

“Narcolepsy?” Caroline laughed, shifting her backpack on her shoulder.

“Something like that.” Alex rubbed his chin. He turned to me. “We should run.”

We waved to Caroline and Brooke and started walking toward the door. We’d made it halfway there when I heard my name. I looked up and saw Ben passing us in the hallway. He gave me a quick nod and a wave.

I grunted a little and quickly walked past.

Alex and I didn’t speak much on the way to his father’s work. His exhaustion made his brain total mush; I didn’t have anything to say, either.

“Stay in the car, okay?” He pulled through the gate of a large construction site. “It’s kind of dangerous and I don’t want you to get hurt.” A large banner hanging over the entrance to the construction zone read, Future Home of the Wildcats.

“Looks pretty cool, right?” Alex said as we drove through the gravel lot.

“Yeah.” I looked out the window, up at the looming concrete in front of me. Huge yellow cranes and backhoes were everywhere, squealing and gnashing the soft earth. A few white trailers dotted the dirt landscape and people seemed to be milling around everywhere. A group of men wearing hard hats and business suits, one of whom I recognized as Alex’s dad, Steven, stood in a circle, squinting over blueprints.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.