The Other Side of Truth (The Marked Ones Trilogy Book 3) by Alicia Kat Vancil

Author:Alicia Kat Vancil [Vancil, Alicia Kat]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: coming of age, science fiction, teen, Futuristic Romance, Paranormal Romance, multicultural, marked ones, Fantasy Romance, happa, Paranormal Fantasy, paranormal, romance, daemons, new adult, multicultural paranormal romance, genetic engineering, urban fantasy, new adult fantasy, urban scifi, futuristic, new adult science fiction, Asian, young adult, Fantasy, science fiction romance, urban science fiction
Publisher: Korat Publishing
Published: 2014-08-03T22:00:00+00:00

About five minutes into the match I could tell Parker’s heart really wasn’t in it. And eventually she stopped, the point of her bokken lowering to rest on the floor.

“Do you think I’m a monster?” she asked in a quiet voice, her eyes fixed on the mats.

“Not any more than I am,” I said with a self-deprecating laugh as I lowered my bokken. During that first group meeting and training session of the Warriors of Kalo, Kiskei had pulled me, Shawn, and Kira aside to explain Parker’s “unique” situation.

At my answer, Parker breathed in sharply, sounding like she might burst into tears at any second.

“Parker, are you—?”

“Your brother can be a real idiot sometimes,” she stated with a sniffle.

I froze. They had had a…fight? Why hadn’t Travis said anything? Or had he, and I had just been too distracted to pay attention. Had I been so wrapped up in my own stuff that I had missed it? Probably. Suddenly I felt like the worst brother ever.

“He loves you, you know,” I blurted out.

She looked up at me, her eyes glassy. “Does he?”

Of course he does, a blind lab rat could see that, Aku stated snarkily within my head.

“Definitely,” I said, ignoring him. “I mean, I haven’t known him as long as—as some others, but I’m almost one hundred percent sure he—”

Parker sniffled again, and a trickle of dark red blood started snaking its way toward her upper lip. Darker than blood normally was. So dark it was almost black.

Parker looked up when I didn’t continue, her brow furrowing. “What?”

“Your nose is bleeding,” I stated as I stared at her in alarm.

“Godsdammit, again?” Parker huffed in irritation as she drew her forearm across her face. Which only succeeded in smearing a line of blood across her cheek.

No, Aku said breathlessly.

“Does that happen a lot?” I asked with concern. There was something about the blood that was unsettlingly familiar in a way that made my heart race with fear.

“No, just today,” Parker grumbled as she wiped the blood from her arm onto her black hakama pants.

She sniffled again, but the blood wouldn’t be stopped. It flowed down in a snaking line to the crest of her upper lip before veering off to the left and continuing down her face. As the stream of blood reached the edge of her jaw, my heart started to beat frantically.

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