Vex by Addison Moore

Author:Addison Moore [Moore, Addison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B006G9T1YA
Publisher: Unknown
Published: 2011-11-29T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-Eight

What is Love

In the morning, Marshall and I convalesce together at the base of the ski run where they have picnic tables set out for those of us enjoying the sport from a spectator’s perspective. The air is thick with the scent of barbeque as an outdoor grill flame broils an endless stream of burgers—smells like heaven.

“So, do you ski?” I try not to bring up the fact he looks ragged and peaked. Human, most definitely, does not become him.

“I don’t ski. I could if I wanted but not today.” He holds his hands as if to testify to the fact his flesh is worthless without his powers. “Who did this to me, Skyla? I don’t believe for one minute that you stuck me with the blade—pushed me over the balcony.”

I gaze out at the thin grey sky. The mountain brims with life as people move up and down the slopes. From this vantage point they look like toys. I’m surprised to see how many of the students from West that are able to expertly swish across the icy terrain.

“Natalie and Chloe seem to be disrespecting you openly. Maybe they’ve taken their aggression to a whole new level?” I’m not in the mood to get into what actually occurred. It’s his own fault. If he hadn’t sent that picture to Gage none of this would have happened.

“Those two? Doubtful. Although, I haven’t forgotten what you told me. I don’t look too kindly on mockers,” he pushes a loose hair behind my ear just the way my mother does. “Which Oliver was it? Or should I punish them both?”

“Natalie stole from you.” It rattles out of me in one last-ditch effort to protect Logan. Why am I protecting Logan to begin with? It’s not like he had my best interest in mind when he dragged me to the sacrificial stone. OK, so maybe he did, but it hardly seems possible. Every time I give in and trust Logan, he goes and gives me ten thousand new reasons to prove me wrong. Truthfully, I’m terrified of what those new reasons might be.

“Natalie stole from me,” he repeats softly while staring off into the slopes. “What do you think the punishment should be?” Marshall relaxes into the table, studies me as though I might suggest Ezrina hack off her arm.

“I think you should kill Chloe.” I think killing Chloe is the answer to world peace, world hunger, the common cold, just about everything.

“Don’t rely on others for what you could do yourself.” He gives a cool smile in the direction of the lift.

I track his gaze and find Chloe boarding the lift with Brielle. Funny, for someone who professes to not liking Chloe she sure spends an awful lot of time with her. The protective hedge gleams in my direction.

“I can’t kill her and you know it.”

“Not yet.”

“What’s that suppose to mean?”

“It means all bets are off in the ethereal plane.”

“So, all I have to do, to off Chloe, is lure her

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