Sweet Shadows by Childs Tera Lynn

Author:Childs, Tera Lynn [Childs, Tera Lynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Young Adult, Romance, Science Fiction, Paranormal, Fantasy
ISBN: 9780062001832
Amazon: 0062001833
Barnesnoble: 0062001833
Goodreads: 12025637
Publisher: Harper Collins Katherine Tegen
Published: 2012-09-04T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 15

GRETCHEN

We’ve searched half the city, Gretchen,” Nick says as we walk back toward my car. “You’re going to have to face the fact that either the oracle is gone or—”

“She doesn’t want to be found,” I finish. “I can’t believe she’d vanish willingly and leave me without a source for answers. She must know the Gorgons have been taken. She’s our only chance. My only connection to the mythological world.”

Nick grins at me over Moira’s roof. “Not your only connection.”

I scowl at him. “You know what I mean.”

“I know,” he says as we climb into the car. “I wish I could help more with this. Maybe it’s part of her plan. Maybe she wants you to figure the next step out on your own.”

“Then maybe she should have left better clues.”

I shift Moira into gear and head toward the bakery where Grace suggested we meet. It’s far enough from their homes that I feel comfortable getting together.

There is a double danger each time we meet. Not only might the monsters track us home again, but the girls’ friends and families might see us. That’s not a worry for me. The guy in the passenger seat is the closest thing to a friend I’ve got, and I’m not even sure I’d call him that. He’s been nothing but helpful since that night I forced him into my car. Maybe it’s time to cut him some slack. But for Grace and Greer, being spotted together by their nearest and dearest is a real danger. Their lives could be turned upside down—well, more upside down—if people found out the truth.

Nick points out a parking spot about two blocks from the bakery. In this neighborhood I’ll be lucky to find another spot, period. I take it.

As we start up the hill toward the bakery, side by side, I’m amazed at how comfortable I am with Nick. In just a few short days, he’s gone from a boy who confused and irritated me to one I thought had betrayed me and my sisters in the worst way to one whom I trust with the most precious of my secrets. With my sister’s lives—and mine.

“What?” he asks.

“I didn’t say anything.”

“You don’t have to say anything,” he says. “You’ve got a look.”

I laugh. “A look?”

“Yeah.” He stops, and I stop to face him.

“What kind of look?”

“I don’t know,” he says, his grin growing. “But I think it might be … a smile.”

I smack him on the shoulder. Hard.

“I can’t be sure,” he continues, “because I’m not sure I’ve ever seen one on your face before, but it definitely looks like—Hey!”

I start smacking him with greater frequency, my good mood growing with every hit. He’s laughing, I’m laughing. I feel completely … free. When he grabs each of my wrists in a fist, my laughter slowly dies. The look in his dark eyes says he feels the same comfortable connection as I do.

His gaze drops to my mouth and I suck in a breath.

“Gretchen …”

His head starts moving closer with aching slowness.

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