Born at Midnight by C. C. Hunter

Author:C. C. Hunter [Hunter, C. C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780312624675
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2011-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-five

That evening, Kylie stayed behind at the cabin when Miranda and Della went to the music get-together at the dining hall. Supposedly, some of the guys were going to sing and had brought guitars, and then, a little later, Holiday and Sky were bringing out some music CDs to play so everyone could dance. Kylie wasn’t feeling in the mood to dance. Or even to listen to music. She had far more important things to do. Sitting at the small desk off the kitchen, she reread the e-mail she’d just written, wondering if she should click send or delete the whole thing.

Hi Mom,

We got computers in our cabin, so I thought I’d e-mail you instead of call.

Truth was, she figured she could lie better in an e-mail than over the phone.

You know how you are always fussing about me going over my minutes. Anyway, I’m doing okay.

Another lie. Nothing felt okay. Well, except her friendship with Miranda and Della.

I have a question. We’re doing some crazy horoscope readings and it’s partly done by comparing your time of birth to that of your parents.

And that was the lie that Kylie had been worrying about saying out loud, but she still felt it was clever.

Can you tell me what time you and Dad were born? And is there any way I could check and see when Nana and Papa were born? What about Grandma and Grandpa Galen? Don’t we have like that family tree thing that Grandma filled out? Did she put the time of their births on it?

Thanks for your help.

Kylie

Kylie’s finger hovered over the send button. She almost added, “please hurry,” but decided not to push her luck. If she acted too anxious about it, her mom would start to ask questions. Best to play it cool.

Taking a deep breath, she hit send. Excitement shot through her. If this worked, she’d have her answer. Or at least, she’d be closer to knowing the truth.

She’d asked Miranda to clarify the whole midnight-born rule, and according to her, there were some humans who were born at midnight. And then there were some supernaturals who were not born at midnight. However, the latter were known as the untouchables—demons, born of the devil.

And while Kylie considered her mom cold, she didn’t consider her evil. If one of her parents were part demon, she would have known. Right?

Then there was the whole probability that it had skipped a generation. Which was why Kylie had asked for her grandparents’ times of birth. She knew she was dreaming that her mom would have that info at her fingertips, but hey, Kylie wanted answers.

And she wanted them now.

* * *

Thirty minutes later, Kylie stood guard over the computer, obsessively clicking NEW MAIL , when her phone buzzed. She ran to the bedroom to find it. As she hurried through the door, she remembered she hadn’t listened to Trey’s messages yet. He’d called again during dinner, and she hadn’t answered then, either.

She told herself it was because she was surrounded by people who could listen in, but she could have walked outside and taken the call.

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