Twist (Mageri Series: Book 2) by Dark Dannika

Author:Dark, Dannika [Dark, Dannika]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Family
Published: 2012-02-25T16:00:00+00:00

You have made quite an impression—but no one is impossible.

Dinner tomorrow at 8pm. Join me.

—De Gradi

I dipped my finger in the envelope and found a small business card with an address.

“Thank God he’s not a breast man.”

***

The city was ours for the rest of the evening. I rolled down the windows of our cheap maroon rental car and gave Logan a tour of my old stomping grounds. We drove by my old office, looked inside of my favorite ice cream parlor, and passed by the sandwich shop I used to hide away in. The car rolled to a stop on an old street lined with large oak trees. Jagged cracks ran along the sidewalks, and the mailboxes were in need of repair. I could almost see myself running across the lawn chasing fireflies.

“Why are we here?” Logan asked. “Is there something special about this place?”

I stared at the house across the street with pale green siding and a screen door. The pink crepe myrtles were in need of a trim, and two pots blushing with begonias sat on the front porch.

Logan flipped off the lights and I got out of the car. The night air felt good against my skin and the honeysuckle was in bloom. Spring never felt more profound than it did in the south.

I leaned against the door, tucking my hands under my arms, staring at my childhood home. God, how small it seemed. Logan stood beside me and stretched his arm over the hood.

“What are we looking at?” he asked.

All he saw was a house. All I saw were memories.

“I had my first kiss by that window,” I said with a nostalgic smile. “His name was Danny, and he wore braces. Mom locked me outside to teach me a lesson, and I slept on that porch until dawn. When I was seven, I split my lip on a tire swing in the backyard, and I used to run through the sprinklers on hot summer afternoons. After I left home, I visited mom and helped her with the yard a lot. You’ve always been a Chitah, but I know what I’m missing out on.”

“What of that life are you truly giving up?” he asked, leaning against the car.

“Not having someone trying to kill me, for one.”

“Humans are killed all the time,” he replied.

“Having children.”

He had no counter for that; Mage could not have children. I never really thought much about having kids, but having that option stolen from me brought an unexpected sadness.

Logan rested his head on top of mine. When something brushed against my leg, I looked down, squinting in the dark.

Meow? It asked.

Two eyes looked up at me—one green and one yellow.

“Max!”

I scooped up the big cat in my arms, forgetting that I wasn’t Zoë anymore. Max didn’t like strangers; hell, that cat didn’t care much for anyone. He let out another demanding groan, and I jerked my neck back, worried he might take a swipe at me. Instead, Max loved me up with an affectionate head-butt.

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