The Touch of Twilight by Vicki Pettersson

Author:Vicki Pettersson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Horror & Ghost Stories
Published: 2010-06-01T17:05:35.875000+00:00

Kade punched him. “You were looking at the boobies.”

Dylan reddened, and spoke faster. “And they had these little Thai dudes who dressed up like women and not only did no one ever know the difference, they were better-looking than most real women.” “Minus the boobies.”

He nodded vigorously. “So we were thinking you could do the same.” I blinked. Faced them fully. Blinked again. “Dress up like a Thai woman?” “No,” said Kade. He had a habit of speaking primarily in questions. He was a bit taller than Dylan, blonder too, while Dylan possessed a bit of a lisp. “I mean, pretend you’re something you’re not in order to fix the changeling, but without the paranormal boundaries levied on the agents of Light. Because you’re already dual-sided, kinda like Storm and Mystique, right?” “More like Clark Kent and Superman.”

Their mouths dropped open. “You mean you’re a dude too?” My jaw clenched. “I mean I’m already two people at the same time.” “Nice,” Dylan said, looking me up and down appreciatively. “Not as good as those Thai dudes, though.” “I’m not a—” Forget it. I wasn’t going to get into a conversation about transgenders with a kid who read National Geographic for the boobies. “Was there something you boys wanted?”

“We’ve been doing a little reading, catching up on the Zodiac history, right?” “I’m sure.”

“And we think we found a way to help Li. Did you know someone else broke a changeling before? This manual shows how he fixed it.” “Really?” I accepted the Shadow manual to stare down at a giant of a man with biceps twice the size of my neck. He was dark-skinned, so his blond crew cut was obviously dyed, though his penchant for girly grooming didn’t make him any less fierce. I didn’t recognize him.

“Yeah, man. Jaden Jacks totally iced the changeling of Light.” Jaden Jacks. What was that, his porn name? I wondered as Dylan pointed to a panel where Jaden was half shadowed, beckoning to someone from in front of Master Comics. “He coaxed the kid away from the shop late one evening, disappeared around the corner next to the sandwich shop, and the other changelings never saw him again.”

I flipped the comic shut. “You want me to kidnap Jasmine? And what, keep her in my superhero locker for all of eternity?” “No, dude,” he said, flipping it open again, pointing to the last series of panels. “You gotta kill her. I’m sure there’s still some square footage left in this desert that doesn’t already have a body in it.” I narrowed my eyes as Kade and Dylan high-fived. Catching my look, the little aliens sobered. “Don’t worry. We won’t tell.” “Yeah, she’s been a real bitch lately.”

I heard a snicker, and glanced up in time to see the Shadow changeling duck back into the hallway. Nosy little eavesdropper. And what a juicy nugget to report back to the Shadows.

“I’m not going to kill Jasmine,” I said evenly, loud enough for Douglas to hear.

“But she’s been

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