Everspell by Samantha Combs

Author:Samantha Combs
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Astraea Press
Published: 2012-01-17T21:12:46+00:00

Chapter Twenty-four

LOGAN

This was crazy. First, they want to use my mom as a decoy for that freak Declan, probably a demon sent by Christophe. For all I knew, he could be Christophe himself. Then I find out not only is my sister pregnant, but she’s pregnant with twins and married to Sully! I started to think this might be too much for even me to take. I wasn’t kidding before when I told Serena I always thought we would be the next ones taking that plunge. It made me a little jealous, even a little sad that it wasn’t us. But, I was happy for Jade because of how happy she looked. And how big. Man, my sister got huge!

“I know I haven’t known Jade that long, but I’m pretty sure you better never let her hear you even think that about her.” Skylar walked into the room. As usual, I forgot that in this house my own thoughts are never only my own. I looked behind him hoping no one was with him.

“Don’t worry, Logan. I’m alone. No one but me heard you.”

I let out my breath in a huff. “Dodged a bullet on that one, partner. I’ve lived with that girl all my life. She’d have skinned me alive.” I changed the subject. “So, what’s going on?”

Skylar took a chair from the kitchen table. We were by ourselves, and it was so unlike this big, full house to have no one wandering in and out of the area. I wanted to take advantage of our time alone. I had the feeling Skylar had been keeping something from Sully and me and this seemed the perfect opportunity to get him to talk about it. When Skylar leaned forward in his chair toward me, I knew I was right.

Skylar started to say something, then stopped. He seemed to be struggling with his word choice, as if he wasn’t sure how to start. I thought I could help him.

“Skylar, I know there’s something you’re not telling me. I think you’ll feel better if you just spit it out. Get it over with, like ripping off a Band-Aid. How bad can it be?” I chuckled and slapped him lightly on the shoulder. I thought he’d lighten up a bit, but he just looked at me and shook his head.

“You’re not going to like it, Logan.”

“If I was going to love it, I’m guessing you’d have told me by now.” I kept my tone casual, but I started to get a bad feeling.

“I’ve been getting some, well, ah, I guess you’d call them ‘communications’ lately.”

“What? Like letters? Smoke signals? What are we talking about here? And why are you being so secretive about it?”

“Well, first, it’s not letters, it’s not anything you’d call conventional. And I’m not hollering about it to anyone because I don’t know who it is trying to connect with me, or why,” Skylar sounded almost scared.

The bad feeling rose in my throat and sat there like a ball of uncooked dough.

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