The Light of the World by Tara Brown

Author:Tara Brown [Brown, Tara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tara Brown
Published: 2012-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

They are now my sisters. I can feel them watching me from the water.

I look in the backseat of the SUV at Michelle. I reach for her hand. She watches me and ignores my touch.

I squeeze and smile, "I will forgive you anything."

She looks broken, "You can't. You have to stop. You need to be smarter than that. I am a terrible person."

Wyatt looks annoyed, "Lucifer is the king of manipulation. He is a master. He made you weak. Apparently he does it better than anyone." He isn’t defending what she did. No one will.

He looks at me. I smile. He frowns, "I haven’t ever met him but that’s what Fitz says."

The name is a razorblade on my skin. I shiver and wince.

He looks at me and then down, "Sorry."

I shake my head to dismiss it, but I can't. Physically, I cannot let it go. I can let go of Michelle's betrayal because she was used. My own father used her pain and suffering against her. Wyatt's uncle and mother tortured me on purpose. They didn’t need to. I was no threat to them.

The drive to the old church is long and I'm antsy. My legs twitch and I tap on everything I touch.

I glance at Wyatt under my lashes, "You saved me."

He laughs, "It was an accident. I panicked."

I blush and smile. It's the first real smile I've felt in ages. I laugh and it feels like I'm whole again for the moment.

"So this priest knows about the light of the world?"

I shrug, "Not sure about that but Willow says he for sure knows how to kill the five devils. She's been researching a ton since we left her place. They all have."

Wyatt sighs, "I spoke to my mom today."

I almost get whiplash from how fast my head turns. My skin crawls and I feel every pain she inflicted upon my flesh.

"She said to say she was sorry and it wasn’t personal."

I watch his face for his reaction to the words. He shoots a glance at me but then looks back at the road.

Mona leans into the front seat, "Are you kidding?"

He shakes his head.

Mona looks at me and strokes my arm. I lean into the affection.

I glance at Michelle. She is twisting up inside. She looks ready to crack.

"She can say whatever she wants. I have no intention of forgiving her."

Wyatt looks at me, "You are awfully choosy about who you forgive." He hasn’t forgiven Michelle. To him his mother was trained to do what she did. She had every reason. Not to mention her son handfasted with a Sin Eater. To him Michelle chose what she did to me for selfish reasons and she is the one who is guilty. His mother was doing her chosen purpose in life. Her job.

I want to punch him in the head sometimes.

"Yeah well when you watch seven women die to save you, plain old you. One of you, for seven of them. You may then be as choosy as you like.

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