Singe by Casey Hays

Author:Casey Hays [Hays, Casey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780578530796
Publisher: Whispering Pages LLC
Published: 2019-07-03T16:00:00+00:00

Twenty-one

Frankie slips into my bathroom to prepare for bed, leaving Kane and I alone for a few minutes. Ice cream licked clean and cartons discarded, we settle on the couch. I take advantage of his full attention.

“Watch for the roses tonight.”

He stops playing with the netted design on the hem of my shirt, his pointer finger hooked through one hole and tickling the skin beneath.

“I will.”

“I’m a little scared,” I concentrate on a small, heart-shaped white spot on my thumbnail as I sort through the feelings I’ve been trying to bury all evening. “What if it doesn’t work?”

“It will,” he assures. “As long as you focus. Remember what it feels like.”

“Just be there,” I whisper, my fingers tugging his shirt and bunching it up in my fist.

“Just let me in.” He rearranges his wings, cocooning us. “And I’ll be there.”

I release his shirt to take up a fistful of feathers. It’s all up to me. No pressure.

“Thanks for being so good about all of this. With Rylin, I mean.”

“Well, someone’s got to be there to protect you from his advances.”

“Stop it,” I laugh. He answers with a dimpled grin.

“Really though…” He grows serious, a pinch of worry igniting. “Can you invite both of us in at the same time?”

“I guess we’ll find out.” The question makes me nervous. “I’ve never tried.”

A string of silent seconds hangs between us, and then…

“Can you do me a favor?”

He shifts, resting a hand on top of mine, one thumb rubbing the heart shaped spot on my nail. I look at him. The favor he wants? It’s a big one, outlined in the emotions threading through the question. I swallow.

“I can try.”

“Find my parents? I just… if I’m there with you… I want to see them. Even just to know they’re okay.”

I see the tear just before he flicks it away.

“Yes,” I whisper. “If I can, I’ll do that for you.”

I have no idea what I’m saying, but I should know better than to get his hopes up. Because what I just promised him? I don’t know how to do that. Every bit of my plan is based on a wish and a prayer. I don’t even know if I’ll dream at all.

Frankie tromps in, her wet curls hanging damp past her shoulders. She stops short to admire Kane dressed in his wings, tall and silky, draped over the back of the couch, their tips bent just at the ends where they hit the floor.

“Go ahead, Frankie,” Kane dips his head back to catch her upside-down face in his vision. “Take a feather.”

She blinks. “Really?”

“Yeah,” he winks.

She doesn’t have to be told twice. She shuffles through his left wing and plucks the biggest feather she can find. It snaps when she pulls, and I stop breathing right along with her as Kane winces. But he shakes his shoulders, settling the feathers back into place.

“Sorry,” Frankie wheezes. “I guess I dug too deep.”

“No. You’re fine.” He presses his lips into my hair. “I’ll see you in your dreams.

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