Wings of a Lark by Jen Pretty

Author:Jen Pretty [Pretty, Jen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781775290674
Published: 2019-02-21T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

I flung myself at Frankie, and he caught me in his arms. “I missed you,” I whispered.

He set me on my feet and smiled down at me. “I missed you too.” His smile morphed to a curious look, but just as it registered, Vincent spoke.

“Thanks for coming, Frankie.” Vincent extended a hand to the warlock, and they shook.

“Holy shit,” Peri mumbled from behind me. I spun around to look at her. “Introduce me.” Her voice was a low whisper her eyes on the hot warlock candy. Frankie was wearing his typical jeans and a tight t-shirt under his coven’s leather jacket and the shit-kicking leather boots on his feet.

“Frankie,” I said interrupting whatever he and Vincent were talking about. “I would like you to meet Peri.” I used my most formal voice to make it official that my new BFF met my oldest BFF.

“Nice to meet you,” Frankie’s brown eyes twinkled as he extended a hand to Peri. She set her fingers in his hand like she was a delicate flower. I almost laughed but managed to bite my lip and control it.

“Let’s get out of here, and we can discuss strategy,” Vincent said, ushering us all towards the vehicles. I led the procession of rental cars back to the city. Vincent used the last of his cell phone battery to call and reserve a few more rooms at the motel where we stashed Ninel. It was like no time had passed at all since I had last seen Frankie, but somehow it wasn’t awkward like I expected it to be. Frankie seemed happy.

Every time I checked the rear-view mirror, he smiled at me from the back seat. I was glad he wasn’t mad or upset, but it was kind of strange. We wove back through the city, and I pulled into the McDonald's drive-through. I didn't care if no one else wanted the greasy fast food. I was, once again, hungry. Everyone ordered food. Even Singh stayed human long enough to get his order in. Then we headed to the motel.

The rest of the vampire soldiers were already there. I pulled out the bags of food and carried them to the waiting group while Vincent scampered off to get the room keys.

“Did you get food for all of us Lark, or are all those for you?” Peri asked, a smirk on her face.

“Don’t make fun of her,” Frankie said as he walked past me to stand beside Peri. They looked cute together.

“Yeah, Peri. Don’t make fun of me,” I said, sticking my tongue out at my friend.

“She is eating for two, after all.” Frankie laughed.

The smile fell from my face, and I dropped my bag of burgers on the gravel driveway. “That’s not funny Frankie,” I said as tears gathered in my eyes. My hands shook, and I reached down to pick up the bag. Luckily it hadn’t spilled because no matter how much I had been trying to block out the thought of Elliot, the reminder did nothing to squelch my appetite.

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