Silver-Tongued Devil by Jaye Wells

Author:Jaye Wells
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: FIC009010
ISBN: 0316178438
Publisher: Orbit
Published: 2012-01-01T10:00:00+00:00

22

While Giguhl and the rest of the Marauders partied like rock stars at Vein, Adam and I went to find Georgia. Since she knew almost no one in the city, we followed our hunch and returned to Prytania Place.

“Georgia!” I called when we walked into the apartment.

“Back here,” came the muted reply.

Adam looked at me. “You want to take this one?”

“Why me?” I frowned at him.

He shrugged. “Just figured she might need some girl talk.”

“Adam, in your history of knowing me, have you ever witnessed me having girl talk?” I shot him a get-real look.

“You might have a point.” He waved toward the door. “We’ll tag-team it then.”

I nodded resolutely and marched down the hall. When I opened the door, Georgia’s back was to us. She was shoving wrinkled clothes into a suitcase’s yawning mouth.

“Georgia?” I whispered.

She looked over her shoulder, and I was surprised to see her eyes were bone dry. “Hey, guys.”

“Why are you packing?” Adam came up to stand next to me. “You can’t leave now.”

She snorted. “Why not? I never should have come here in the first place.”

“You don’t mean that,” I said. “I know you’re upset but—”

“I appreciate what you’re trying to do, but I’m not upset.” Adam and I both shot her incredulous looks. She deflated a little. “Okay, I am upset.” She sighed and dropped onto the couch. “But not for the reasons you think. I’m mad at myself for not realizing Mac was stringing me along. I can handle her temper and the chip on her shoulder. But I won’t be lied to. Remember how I told you she said she made progress with her uncle?”

I nodded and took a seat across from her. Adam joined me, since it looked like this was going to take a while.

Georgia continued. “Well, last night before practice she told me that she’d told Michael all about us and he’d taken it really well. I was so happy and relieved that I didn’t question her when she claimed she still needed some time before she introduced us.” Georgia shook her head sadly. “I’m such an idiot.”

“No, you’re not,” Adam said. “Why would you assume the person you love would lie about something that important? She’s the one person you should be able to trust.”

I squirmed in my seat a bit. The parallels between this conversation and my own mistakes were hitting a little too close to home.

“But maybe Mac felt like she had to lie to protect your feelings,” I said. Two frowns greeted that statement. “I mean, she was wrong to, of course, but maybe she felt she had a good reason,” I added quickly.

“Sabina,” Georgia said. “Even if she hadn’t lied to me last night, she had the perfect opportunity to stand up to Michael tonight and she didn’t.”

“That’s true,” I said. But I was conflicted. Obviously, Mac fucked up. Bad. But I didn’t think the situation should be as black and white as Georgia was making it. “Listen, Mac loves you. But it’s not easy to stand up to your family.

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