Freaks in the City by Maree Anderson

Author:Maree Anderson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: young adult, ya, cyborgs, young adult paranormal, paranormal romance series, new zealand author, paranormal ya, teenage cyborg, maree anderson, ya with scifi elements

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Although she could easily have eavesdropped on Mike and Marissa Davidson’s conversation—if Marissa’s incoherent sobs and Mike’s soothing murmurs could be termed conversation—Jay deliberately tuned out. Her desire to know all the facts was powerful, but the manners instilled in her by her creator were more so.

Caro and Tyler were still staring at each other, transfixed by a horror that seemed quite out of proportion to the fact they would have a new sibling in the near future. So much for pregnancy being a joyous occasion.

Jay grabbed first Tyler’s hand and then Caro’s to tow them both toward the living room. With a twist of her wrists, she yanked them in front of her and turned them to face her. “Sit.” A palm on each chest, and a gentle shove, and they were both seated on the couch.

She surveyed them, hands on hips. “Talking would be good. Perhaps if you open your mouths, some of the thoughts crammed into your poor little human brains will come out and make themselves heard.”

Caro was the first to recover, and she promptly stuck her tongue out at Jay.

“Nice,” Jay said. “Have you been brushing that tongue lately? It seems a little furry to me.”

Caro’s eyes crossed as she tried to get a good look at the offending furry body part.

“I was joking,” Jay said. “Apparently humor relieves tension.”

“Ha ha. I still can’t believe they didn’t tell you.”

“Well, we didn’t tell them about me,” Jay said. “Tit for tat, as the saying goes.”

“Yeah. I guess. Still sucks.”

Tyler snapped out of his funk. “How the hell did it happen?”

“The pregnancy?” Caro asked.

“Duh. Yes, the pregnancy.”

Jay opened her mouth to explain the ins and outs of human reproduction, but stopped herself before she could start. Doubtless Tyler was a little old for that lecture.

Caro snorted. “Birth control epic fail? I reckon they’ve been having ‘make-up sex’ ever since Mom finally decided to forgive him for taking off.”

Tyler slumped back on the couch until he was half-reclining, put his feet up on the coffee table, and flung an arm over his eyes. “I need to go scour my brain with a wire brush right now.”

Jay squeezed in between him and Caro. She lifted his feet off the coffee table, pulled off his sneakers, and hooked his legs over her lap.

Caro screwed up her face and pretended to shuffle over because of her brother’s smelly socks. “His feet don’t smell,” Jay said.

“They used to,” Caro said.

“Did not,” Tyler said.

“Did too.”

“Actually, they did,” Jay said. “But I sprayed his footwear and killed the bacteria that was causing the odor.”

“Ewww!”

Tyler blew a raspberry that Jay presumed was meant for his sister.

“Aren’t you happy you’ll soon have a baby brother or sister?” she asked them.

“Uh, yeah. Of course we are.” Caro threw Tyler a pointed look that was wasted on him considering he was still resting his eyes… or whatever it was he was doing. Attempting to shut out something he didn’t wish to deal with, perhaps? It wasn’t a particularly

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