Two Halves Series by Marta Szemik

Author:Marta Szemik [Szemik, Marta]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: urban life, fantasy, adventure, collection, teen, paranormal romance, young adult, magic, box set, series, shapeshifters, ghosts, vampires, witch, omnibus, love, witchcraft, demons
Publisher: MyLit Publishing
Published: 2012-12-11T07:00:00+00:00

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Two weeks had passed since I found my temporary home in a tent, set up in the middle of the clearing in the Amazon. Two wonderful weeks since I had reclaimed my body, and my life.

“How much longer?” I asked William as he led me through a crowded street. My eyes were covered with a silk scarf, and I’d promised not to peek. The sound of honking cabs, the wind of passing buses, and the muttered “excuse me” every few seconds from businessmen trying get home during rush hour told me we were in the city.

“Almost there.”

We turned right.

“There’s a step in front of you.”

I stepped over a threshold into one of the buildings. The sounds of the street dissolved behind us when a door closed. The reddish glow under my eyelids darkened. The sound of my footsteps on the tiled floor bounced off the walls. I smelled candles.

“How romantic,” I said.

“Just let me surprise you. Please?” William asked. I imagined his pouting lips mocking a gesture I would have made.

“That’s kind of hard to do. You’ve used more cologne than usual. And now . . .” I sniffed “I smell tomato juice.” I sniffed again. “And orange juice.”

“You know, sometimes you make me wish you never got your abilities back.”

“And you’d be stuck with Xela.”

“I knew who you were the minute you stepped out of the basement.”

“I know.” I squeezed his hand. There were no throbs of pain. And there never would be any ever again.

“It was just hard to believe. I’m sorry.”

It was the thousandth time William had apologized; Mira and Xander had apologized just as many times. The siblings had the task of getting rid of Xela, but they didn’t kill her—Eric had other plans for her. But they had to bind her so she could no longer be a threat. I didn’t know what that meant, and I didn’t want to know.

Mira and Eric could finally spend time together. Castall and Mrs. G took a vacation in the hill. Xander was on a mission to learn whether seekers were looking for us—but couldn’t find any. Apparently, they hid fearing Aseret’s wrath, and we were not in any danger for a while. He also kept himself busy interrogating Xela.

William and I set up a campsite in the Amazon clearing while we determined whether we could rebuild. No one in the underworld knew about our home, except those who’d perished in Castall’s blow in the underworld.

“Something about this place seems familiar,” I said to William.

“I’m not surprised. Here.” He untied the silk scarf.

I looked around the room. The lights were dimmed, and soft music played on the speakers. The iridescent petals of a blue orchid shone from a pot set between Fuzzy Navel and Bloody Mary drinks on the bar. The room was lit by hundreds of candles, and a disco ball spun lazily above our heads.

“How did you do that?”

“I’m sorry. I should have been honest when it happened, but I didn’t want to embarrass you.

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