To Stand in the Light by Kayla Bashe

Author:Kayla Bashe [Kayla Bashe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781370749058
Publisher: Kayla Bashe
Published: 2015-01-31T03:00:00+00:00

“How old are you?”

“Don’t you know? My eighteenth birthday party is tomorrow.” She shoved them playfully. “Jeez Louise, Shadow! Where’ve you been? I wrote you about it three times, at least! I knew you were away for four whole years, but I didn’t know your mind had skedaddled too.”

Shadow couldn’t help but smile a little. “Of course I read your letters, each word of every single one.”

“And I read yours.”

“I know—but you didn’t say anything about having a birthday party.”

“That’s because it’s not my party, it’s the annual New York Registered Heroes fundraising ball. The committee wasn’t going to invite you, but I swore up and down that you’d be there no matter what, and here you are. And since it’s on the same day as my birthday, they’re gonna have all the Korean food I like best, like honeydew ice pops, and dumplings and egg bread!”

There was something genuinely good about her open-hearted enthusiasm for such small details, Shadow thought. “I wouldn’t miss it for the world.”

That night, twisted dreams took Shadow’s mind into the past. They were small and caged and barely dressed. A French fry covered in ketchup hit their bare arm, leaving behind an ugly red smear; a quarter bounced hard off their forehead, and they blinked back tears defiantly.

“See the child of darkness,” rang out a well-projected voice. “This monstrous creature will make you squeal with fright, but don’t get too close!”

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