Wicked Hunger by Delsheree Gladden

Author:Delsheree Gladden [Gladden, Delsheree]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction, Action & Adventure, Survival Stories, Love & Romance, Paranormal
ISBN: 9781940534398
Google: gn_mnQEACAAJ
Publisher: Clean Teen Publishing
Published: 2014-03-31T16:00:00+00:00

I stomp away from Grandma’s car, frustrated that Zander has managed to avoid me again. I stayed up as long as I could to wait for him Saturday night. When I nodded off around three in the morning, he still hadn’t come home. I doubt he was with Ivy that late since her parents seem pretty strict. I have no idea where he went, though.

Sunday morning he disappeared again. When he came back, not only did he stick close to Grandma for the rest of the day, making it impossible for me to talk to him about Ivy without freaking Grandma out, but that taste was back. When I tried to confront him before school, I found his room empty, but that wasn’t the scariest part. Hanging out of his laundry basket was the shirt he had on the day before.

I don’t know what made me go over to look at it. I couldn’t have seen the drops of blood on the sleeve from the doorway, but I certainly saw them when I picked up the shirt. Then this morning, Grandma announces that Zander had to be at school early so she would drive me. He won’t be picking me up from school, either. I am just about ready to kill my brother.

Ketchup rushing over to me is a welcome relief to my horrible morning.

“You look pissed,” he says. “What happened?”

The whole stream of insanity bouncing around inside of me almost spills out. Almost. I stop myself in time.

Ketchup looks at me expectantly. “Did something happen the other day? You never called, but…”

“No,” I say quickly, not wanting to talk about Noah. “It’s Zander, again. I need to figure out what he has in common with Vega.”

“Did that weird taste thing happen again?”

I nod, my stomach churning as I remember the sickening taste. “There’s got to be a reason for it.”

“Have you tried asking Zander again, or your Grandma?”

The shake of my head makes Ketchup frown. “Why not?”

Reasons spiral through my mind. There are so many, but the one that is the most honest is what slips past my lips. “Because I’m afraid to.”

Ketchup stops walking. Unwilling to be without him quite yet, I stop as well. My eyes stay down, but I don’t need to look up to feel Ketchup move closer to me. His hand touches my cheek briefly, hesitates, then falls away.

“Van, I wish you would just talk to me. Tell me what this is really about.” He sighs, knowing I can’t tell him without me having to explain. He continues in my silence. “I don’t know what they have in common. Vega is a gang member, something I seriously doubt straight-laced Zander would ever consider. There have been rumors about Vega and drugs, but again, Zander’s not the type. Unless Zander is running around killing people, I can’t imagine what they would have in common.”

My entire body goes ice cold. I look up at Ketchup, my body trembling. “What did you just say?” I whisper.

“What? About the drugs?” Ketchup searches my expression as worry clouds his features.

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