Nightwalkers by Candace Wondrak

Author:Candace Wondrak [Wondrak, Candace]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: k'12
Published: 2015-08-15T16:00:00+00:00

We were pooped. I’d never been so sore in my life. And that’s the truth. Raphael was a damn good fighter. To think he was holding back. It made me wonder how good he was when he wasn’t holding back.

Michael was sitting in his chair, the audience to our whine fest. He listened as Gabriel and I tried to one up each other by our injuries.

“I have bruises on my bruises!” Gabriel yelled, holding out the arm that had a purple bruise.

Michael took off his glasses and started cleaning them, shaking his head. “I don’t see how you’re going to top that, Kass.”

I sighed, because it was probably true. Winning a competition with Gabriel was impossible. And comparing our injuries was no different. “You’re right.”

“Well.” Michael got to his feet. “I have a surprise for both of you.”

Gabriel and I met eyes. There were two kinds of surprises: the bad kind and the good kind. I wondered which one this was. We followed Michael into the kitchen, where a huge box was sitting on the counter.

I cocked my head. “What could possibly be in that box?” My mind ran through all the possibilities.

Gabriel jumped up and down, holding his hands together, like he was five years old receiving his first book about Demons. What a strange, strange boy.

“I hope it’s a garden gnome” was what came out of his mouth.

Out of all the possibilities that I had just recently ran through my head, I could honestly say that was not one of them.

“What? A garden gnome?” Michael questioned, eyebrows high.

“Hey!” Gabriel defended himself, “It’s not my fault that they were the only semi-colored things in the game I just played. Those people were subconsciously trying to get our generation addicted to garden gnomes!”

“Right,” I said slowly, wondering when he played this said game. Gabriel’s never home playing a game. He’s always busy with girls, purifying, or more girls.

Shaking his head, Michael took the top off and sifted through the box. “Now, I bought one for each of you, so as to not make either of you jealous. Because, I have noticed that, upon occasion, you both turn into two small children. Ah, this one is Gabriel’s.” He lifted it out and handed it to Gabriel.

For a moment, all he could do was stare at the long, shiny metal object. Why? Because it was beautiful.

What was wrong with me? Why couldn’t I be normal and think that an outfit was cute and a ball gown was beautiful? Leave it to me to think that the face Gabriel made when I told him I accidentally dropped his toothbrush in the toilet (which I so haven’t done…on purpose) was cute and that a sword was beautiful.

But I couldn’t help it. The sword was expertly crafted and designed, with what appeared to be silver and gold. The golden part was hand-crafted into thorns and a single rose on the top, making the blade appear as if it were the stem. This really was beautiful.

“Oh wait.

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