Shards and Ashes by Melissa Marr & Kelley Armstrong & Veronica Roth & Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl & Rachel Caine & Carrie Ryan & Nancy Holder & Beth Revis

Author:Melissa Marr & Kelley Armstrong & Veronica Roth & Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl & Rachel Caine & Carrie Ryan & Nancy Holder & Beth Revis [Marr, Melissa & Armstrong, Kelley & Roth, Veronica & Garcia, Kami & Stohl, Margaret & Caine, Rachel & Ryan, Carrie & Holder, Nancy & Revis, Beth]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9780062098474
Google: Z6IfxGw1obQC
Amazon: 0062098454
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2013-02-19T06:00:00+00:00

When she woke up just before dawn, she liked him a little more, which was terrifying, because she didn’t want to like him at all. He had explained that he’d just found out some unbelievable things—that some kind of supernatural power ran in his family and apparently in hers, too. All his people were missing or dead, but some of them had lived in a castle in the Black Forest. And as soon as he’d gotten inside the castle, he’d turned into Mr. Electric.

Then they were in the house, and he was helping Jordan pull out the refrigerator—a useless appliance except for keeping rats out of boxed food—so Anny could find her house key. Jordan was overjoyed to find his glasses again. There was no one around to make him new ones.

She put all her own valuables in boxes and Jordan promised to keep an eye on them. Then, with shaking hands, she packed a suitcase. Alex was making her be okay with all this. She could tell. She wanted to make him stop, but she was doing it.

And then she was saying good-bye.

They got his wallet and then he walked her into an alley, where a vehicle sat beneath a protective covering. He pulled it off, revealing a beautiful candy-apple-red Corvette. She hadn’t ridden in a car in years. Something loosened in her chest as she slid in on the passenger side. The car smelled of old leather and dust. When they climbed in, he pressed his finger against the ignition, and the engine purred.

“I couldn’t find the keys,” he said. “Do you see them?”

She narrowed her eyes at him. “Is this some kind of test?”

He shook his head, watching her.

Settling back, she let her lids fall shut. A blur of light passed through her mind’s eye; then she felt a stab of sorrow, deep and penetrating. It hurt almost like a physical wound. She opened her eyes and looked at Alex.

“There’s something about the keys that’s sad,” she said.

“The keys are sad?” he repeatedly slowly. As they glided out of the alley, he knit his brows. “In the sense of . . . ?”

“I don’t know; I just felt sadness.” She crossed her arms over her chest. “Did you put some kind of double whammy on me?”

“I don’t really know what I did to you,” he replied.