The Trouble with Demons by Spear Terry

Author:Spear, Terry
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Young adult paranormal teen romance, demons, witches, urban fantasy
Published: 2013-12-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Hunter rolled over on his back on the chaise lounge and ignored Alana’s query. What kind of a question was that to ask of a Matusa anyway? Even if he was half human? How did he feel about his father? He hated him for making his mother pregnant, for leaving her, for caring for another woman more, and having a son with her.

Bentos had even checked up on his other son, but not once had he learned how Hunter fared. Hunter stared up at the overhang above the patio. Only a Kubiteron/half human would ask him such an irritating question.

He glanced at Jared who was watching him. What? Did he wonder, too? He growled inwardly. Jared ought to know him better than that.

“I was just curious,” Alana finally said. “I try not to think about my own father, because Mom said he’d left her right after making her pregnant and never got in touch with her.” She took a heavy breath.

Hunter watched the emotions playing across her face: irritation, disappointment, stoicism.

“Anyway, kids bugged me at school when I was little. ‘Where’s your dad for the Dad’s Day with their Daughters?’ And ‘Why aren’t you making a Father’s Day card for your dad?’ Worse, my teachers insisted I make one for some other male family member. Why should I have? Mom’s dad had disowned her for getting pregnant without a husband. She was supposed to marry a nice, respectable warlock. Uncle Stephen had treated her coolly for years. And even until recently, he wasn’t very accepting of me. So, why should I honor some male member of the family, I’d like to know.”

“So, did you make a Father’s Day card?” Jared asked.

He needn’t have asked. Hunter could see from her mutinous expression she hadn’t.

“No.”

Except for cicadas and crickets singing in the muggy breeze, and the sound of water spilling from a marble maiden’s pitcher into a fountain in the rose gardens, no other sounds intruded on the night.

Then Jared asked, “Did you get in trouble?”

Hunter shook his head. He’d hoped Alana’s mind had quieted so they could sleep. If he’d had a pillow, he would have socked Jared with it.

Alana offered a sinfully wicked grin.

“I take that as a yes.” Jared smiled. He always found humor in the most devilish situations.

“I made a Mother’s Day card and said it was because my mother needed to be honored on Father’s Day for being both my mother and father.”

“You got into trouble for that?” Hunter asked, though he’d been expelled so many times from school over the years himself whenever someone hassled him, and he wouldn’t let them get away with it, he couldn’t understand how he ever managed to graduate this year. Though he’d wondered if they had wanted to get him out of the school quickly.

“No. One of the boys tore up my card and said I was the reason my father wouldn’t come home.”

Hunter raised his brows. “Good thing your demon half couldn’t kick in until you were older when you could handle it better or that kid would have been in some serious trouble.

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