Wicked Like a Wildfire by lana popovic

Author:lana popovic
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-11-13T16:00:00+00:00

that’s it, as far as I know. And I think . . .”

“Go on.” My lips felt numb. “Tell me what you think. Too late to spare me now.”

He drew a deep breath. He didn’t want to tell me this, and that made it all the worse. “I think it’s because the three of you look the way you do. You’re so beautiful, Iris. All three of you so stunning that it’s stupid, it makes people uncomfortable because it doesn’t feel real, somehow. You give people chills.” He stole an earnest glance at me. “But it’s just an illusion. As soon as you talk—as soon as anyone gets to know you—the feeling shatters.”

“But it’s there. It’s there to begin with, you’re saying.”

“Yes.” His voice dipped much deeper than normal, like it always did when he was uncomfortable. “It is.”

I huddled against the door as if I could somehow teleport through it and out into the ravine below. Because I knew exactly what he was talking about. It reminded me uncomfortably of what Či ča Jovan had said last night about our mother, the uncanny quality of her beauty and poise. Maybe she hadn’t merely been trained to be beautiful. Maybe she’d somehow been born to be trained.

And if Lina and I were of her blood, maybe we were somehow the same.

“So, what, it’s like Blade Runner? You think we’re androids. Something that just wears human skin.”

“Damn it, Iris, I think you’re gorgeous.” His voice was low and vehement. “I used to look at you every day, and even though I could practically graph a model of your face, I always want to look at it

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