Summoner Rising by Melanie McFarlane

Author:Melanie McFarlane [McFarlane, Melanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: young adult, teen, dark fantasy, magic, supernatural, paranormal
ISBN: 9781945107498
Publisher: Month9Books, LLC
Published: 2017-03-01T08:00:00+00:00

“Home so early?” Katya calls from the kitchen.

I ignore Katya, and turn for the stairs. I managed to make it all the way home without crying, realizing I was ridiculous to get upset about Liana. It’s not as if I’m interested in Tryan; I just need his help. My reflection in the rearview mirror of my car showed me that I look like hell, and I don’t want to have to explain why because I barely understand myself.

“Come help me with the party planning,” she calls again.

“No thanks.”

“It’s your party, not mine,” she adds.

I pause on the steps, then give in, and make my way to the kitchen. Katya has the table covered in papers. Some show decorations, while others look like events. She stares at me for a moment, but looks away without mentioning my puffy eyes. There is a god.

“Seriously?” I say holding up a brochure for a clown company.

“I grabbed a little bit of everything when I was in the city.” She shrugs. “What do I know about teenagers?”

“You never wanted kids?” I ask. It feels like a forbidden question as the words leave the end of my tongue and suddenly, the air around us feel tainted.

“Once,” Katya says, grabbing at a pendant around her neck. “But that was not meant to be.”

My face gets warm, and I feel foolish. “Just keep it simple,” I say, pulling out a brochure from under the pile. “Like this one, just some patio lights, treats, and music.”

Katya takes the brochure from me and raises an eyebrow. “That’s it?”

“It’s more than I ever had.” I smile. “My birthdays were usually spent going through a drive-thru and eating in the car. This will definitely be extravagant.”

Katya shrugs and starts cleaning off the table. “It’s special, you know.”

“Birthdays?”

“Yours,” she says. “It lands on the equinox. Winter follows, bringing with it shorter days of light. It marks the last bit of balance we have until the next year.”

“Don’t sound so dreary,” I say, but a shiver runs down my spine.

I turn and start back toward the stairs. Katya calls out to me one last time.

“Daciana,” she says, “I know something is going on with you and that tovaros. Finding the right one is difficult—it shouldn’t be such work to make things right. Perhaps we could spend the summer in Romania; you could meet others like you?”

Others?—I’m not alone? “That would be great.”

I leave Katya smiling as I run up to my room.

Once alone, I lie on my bed, but instantly visions of Tryan and that girl flood my thoughts. Gah—why can’t I stop thinking about them? I need to keep busy. I go to my desk and pull out a pad of paper, bringing up Brennan’s email with the yearbook pages. I start sketching some funny cartoons to go with the photos.

As it gets darker outside, my eyelids lower, and I realize how exhausted I feel. My last sketch got a little out of control, and ended up looking like Liana. I stare at the sketch in frustration.

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