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.You hearme? Why aren t you answering me, Nick, huh? Cause you always yell at me when I interrupt you. Are you sassing me? No, ma am. That would be all kinds of stupid, especially in her current mood.She let out a sound of ultimate peeve. You re grounded for a week.You hear me? But Mom Don t you but Mom me.I ve had it with your irresponsibility.And you think you re matureenough to drive and date? Really, Nick? You can t even remember to dial a phone or take trash to thecurb or lower a toilet seat or pick your underwear up from the floor, and you think you can handleoperating a car in New Orleans traffic? I don t think so.You ve got a long way to go to become theman you think you are.You hear me? He really, really hated those last three words that she said every other sentence whenever sheyelled at him.He clenched his teeth to keep from arguing. Now I have to go and get back to work.I don t know where you are, but you have fifteen minutesto walk through the doors here.If you re further away than that, you re grounded for a month.Youhear me? Yes, ma am. Clock s ticking, buster.You better run for it. She hung up on him.Sighing, Nick looked at Kody, then Caleb. We heard, Mark said. Pretty sure the folks in Slidell heard, too.You better get on. I m going. He held his phone out to Mark. I got everything I need.I ll call you once I get it all tracked. All right.Thanks. You want us to come with you? Kody asked.Yeah, that was all he needed.There was no telling what insanity his mom would come up with ifshe knew he d been with Kody when he should have been at work. No, she already thinks I mgoofing off instead of working.If she sees you guys, she ll really be hot.I ll catch y all later. Nick grabbed his backpack from the floor, shrugged it over his sore shoulder, and ran up the streettoward Ursulines as fast as he could.Luckily Bubba s store wasn t all that far from Sanctuary.But hedidn t want to push it.The sooner he got there, the happier his mom would be.He didn t slow down until he reached the doors of the three-story red brick building that housedone of the most famed bar and grills in New Orleans.There was a huge bear of a man at the door togreet all newcomers.Most wouldn t think anything about it, but Nick knew whoever was on door dutywas there to assess the threat level of any preternatural clientele entering the building.And forreasons no one would explain, the doorman always had them cue Sweet Home Alabama on thejukebox whenever Acheron showed up.There was much about Sanctuary Nick still had to learn.With long blond hair and beefy arms, the doorman was fierce and intimidating.Until he recognizedNick and gave him a wide, cocky grin.Nick let out a relieved breath.Oh good, it was Dev.One of four identical quadruplets, Dev wasalways easygoing and fun to be around.While Dev s brothers, Cherif and Quinn, were nice enough,Remi was the one who scared him.If Nick had to face his mom in this mood, he was glad Dev was onduty.He was the one being who might keep his mom from killing him. Hey, Dev. Dev clicked his tongue. Nicky, Nicky, Nicky & I don t envy you, mon fils.Your mama gonna takea bite of your hide and mount it to the wall. If the knot in his stomach drew any tighter, he d have diamonds in the toilet later. Yeah, I don tenvy me either.Want to trade? Dev laughed. You d think that, but no.Believe me, you don t want to see my maman when she sangry.You, Maman likes.Me, not so much most days.Trust me, she has a bear of a temper. Nick snorted at Dev s play on words.Dev was poking fun at the fact that he and his family wereshapeshifters whose alternate form was that of a bear.Shaking his head at Dev, he went inside.It took a minute for his eyes to adjust to the dark interior.Dev s sister Aimee was at the bar, picking up drinks. Now where were you, mister? He jumped at his mom s angry tone in his ear.How had she snuck up on him? Dang, he could renther out as a ninja. At school.I had detention. Go ahead, Nick.Throw gas on that fire.& For what? she growled. Being late. She narrowed her blue eyes at him. And why were you late? Stone slammed me She flung out her hand to signal him to shut-up. Don t even start that.You take responsibility foryour own actions.You hear me? Now why were you late? He ground his teeth as he forced himself not to show any kind of anger toward her.But he wasreally getting tired of being treated like an idiot who couldn t tie his own shoes. I didn t get to classuntil after the bell rang. There, that was the truth. Nicholas Ambrosius & do not test me.Not today.I am not in the mood for your crap. You hear me, he mocked silently in his head. Cause he wasn t quite stupid enough to do that outloud.He forced himself to speak in a calm tone. I don t know what to tell you, Mom.I screwed up bynot calling and I m sorry.It was a bad day at school and two of my friends are under fire.I was justtrying to help them, and I wasn t thinking about myself. She frowned. What do you mean under fire ? Someone started attacking them publicly and posting awful pictures of them and insults foreveryone to see. Anger darkened her gaze as he struck the nerves in her that Grim had mentioned.The one thing hismother couldn t stand was for anyone to gossip or speculate about someone else.She d had too muchof that done to her when she d ended up pregnant with him. Who? You don t know Spencer, but Brynna was the other one they attacked. Addams? she asked incredulously.He nodded.Now his mother looked as sick as he d felt. Why would anyone attack Brynna? I don t know.That s what I was trying to find out.She ran out of school crying earlier, and I justwanted to help her, you know? Finally his mother hugged him. All right, Boo.You re forgiven, but still grounded. Of course he was.She gently pushed him toward the small booth where he normally did his homework. I ll bring yousome food.You get your homework started. Not happy about this at all, Nick obeyed before he got into more trouble.He sat down and startedrummaging through his backpack.As he pulled out his math book, he saw that shadow flit across the wall again.Turning his head, he tried to pinpoint it.But it was gone so fast, he wasn t sure he could trust hiseyesight in the dim room.Suddenly, his grimoire heated up beneath his hand.With a hiss, he snatched his hand back.He blewcool air across his palm to help with the stinging while he opened the book with his other hand. All right, what are you trying to tell me? He pulled out his pendulum and pricked his fingertip.Reciting the spell to activate it, he squeezed three drops of blood onto the page.For a second, itdidn t react.Then the blood rolled across the page until it formed words.Horror.Terror.Nightmares.Dreams.Some things are never what they seem.Discord.Strife.Shame and Pain.Into all lives, they will rain.But none of them will cut so deep &As the enemy you did not see.He was still trying to decipher it when his gaze was drawn to the napkin holder.There in the shinymetal, he glimpsed the future to come.It was Brynna, and she was hanging by her neck in her bedroom. CHAPTER 4Nick jumped up and fumbled for his phone.He had to get ahold of Brynna before she let her hurtfeelings overtake her common sense.Life was hard for everyone, but pain was transitory and it wouldeventually leave.He knew that better than most since he d been spoon-fed a steady diet of shame,humiliation and agony since the moment of his birth.Death was forever.There was no undo button on it.Not unless you knew how to summon Artemis,and even then, there was no guarantee she d take you.His hand shaking from his panic, he dialed Brynna s number and waited.She didn t answer.As he was hanging up, his mom returned with a hamburger and fries [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.You hearme? Why aren t you answering me, Nick, huh? Cause you always yell at me when I interrupt you. Are you sassing me? No, ma am. That would be all kinds of stupid, especially in her current mood.She let out a sound of ultimate peeve. You re grounded for a week.You hear me? But Mom Don t you but Mom me.I ve had it with your irresponsibility.And you think you re matureenough to drive and date? Really, Nick? You can t even remember to dial a phone or take trash to thecurb or lower a toilet seat or pick your underwear up from the floor, and you think you can handleoperating a car in New Orleans traffic? I don t think so.You ve got a long way to go to become theman you think you are.You hear me? He really, really hated those last three words that she said every other sentence whenever sheyelled at him.He clenched his teeth to keep from arguing. Now I have to go and get back to work.I don t know where you are, but you have fifteen minutesto walk through the doors here.If you re further away than that, you re grounded for a month.Youhear me? Yes, ma am. Clock s ticking, buster.You better run for it. She hung up on him.Sighing, Nick looked at Kody, then Caleb. We heard, Mark said. Pretty sure the folks in Slidell heard, too.You better get on. I m going. He held his phone out to Mark. I got everything I need.I ll call you once I get it all tracked. All right.Thanks. You want us to come with you? Kody asked.Yeah, that was all he needed.There was no telling what insanity his mom would come up with ifshe knew he d been with Kody when he should have been at work. No, she already thinks I mgoofing off instead of working.If she sees you guys, she ll really be hot.I ll catch y all later. Nick grabbed his backpack from the floor, shrugged it over his sore shoulder, and ran up the streettoward Ursulines as fast as he could.Luckily Bubba s store wasn t all that far from Sanctuary.But hedidn t want to push it.The sooner he got there, the happier his mom would be.He didn t slow down until he reached the doors of the three-story red brick building that housedone of the most famed bar and grills in New Orleans.There was a huge bear of a man at the door togreet all newcomers.Most wouldn t think anything about it, but Nick knew whoever was on door dutywas there to assess the threat level of any preternatural clientele entering the building.And forreasons no one would explain, the doorman always had them cue Sweet Home Alabama on thejukebox whenever Acheron showed up.There was much about Sanctuary Nick still had to learn.With long blond hair and beefy arms, the doorman was fierce and intimidating.Until he recognizedNick and gave him a wide, cocky grin.Nick let out a relieved breath.Oh good, it was Dev.One of four identical quadruplets, Dev wasalways easygoing and fun to be around.While Dev s brothers, Cherif and Quinn, were nice enough,Remi was the one who scared him.If Nick had to face his mom in this mood, he was glad Dev was onduty.He was the one being who might keep his mom from killing him. Hey, Dev. Dev clicked his tongue. Nicky, Nicky, Nicky & I don t envy you, mon fils.Your mama gonna takea bite of your hide and mount it to the wall. If the knot in his stomach drew any tighter, he d have diamonds in the toilet later. Yeah, I don tenvy me either.Want to trade? Dev laughed. You d think that, but no.Believe me, you don t want to see my maman when she sangry.You, Maman likes.Me, not so much most days.Trust me, she has a bear of a temper. Nick snorted at Dev s play on words.Dev was poking fun at the fact that he and his family wereshapeshifters whose alternate form was that of a bear.Shaking his head at Dev, he went inside.It took a minute for his eyes to adjust to the dark interior.Dev s sister Aimee was at the bar, picking up drinks. Now where were you, mister? He jumped at his mom s angry tone in his ear.How had she snuck up on him? Dang, he could renther out as a ninja. At school.I had detention. Go ahead, Nick.Throw gas on that fire.& For what? she growled. Being late. She narrowed her blue eyes at him. And why were you late? Stone slammed me She flung out her hand to signal him to shut-up. Don t even start that.You take responsibility foryour own actions.You hear me? Now why were you late? He ground his teeth as he forced himself not to show any kind of anger toward her.But he wasreally getting tired of being treated like an idiot who couldn t tie his own shoes. I didn t get to classuntil after the bell rang. There, that was the truth. Nicholas Ambrosius & do not test me.Not today.I am not in the mood for your crap. You hear me, he mocked silently in his head. Cause he wasn t quite stupid enough to do that outloud.He forced himself to speak in a calm tone. I don t know what to tell you, Mom.I screwed up bynot calling and I m sorry.It was a bad day at school and two of my friends are under fire.I was justtrying to help them, and I wasn t thinking about myself. She frowned. What do you mean under fire ? Someone started attacking them publicly and posting awful pictures of them and insults foreveryone to see. Anger darkened her gaze as he struck the nerves in her that Grim had mentioned.The one thing hismother couldn t stand was for anyone to gossip or speculate about someone else.She d had too muchof that done to her when she d ended up pregnant with him. Who? You don t know Spencer, but Brynna was the other one they attacked. Addams? she asked incredulously.He nodded.Now his mother looked as sick as he d felt. Why would anyone attack Brynna? I don t know.That s what I was trying to find out.She ran out of school crying earlier, and I justwanted to help her, you know? Finally his mother hugged him. All right, Boo.You re forgiven, but still grounded. Of course he was.She gently pushed him toward the small booth where he normally did his homework. I ll bring yousome food.You get your homework started. Not happy about this at all, Nick obeyed before he got into more trouble.He sat down and startedrummaging through his backpack.As he pulled out his math book, he saw that shadow flit across the wall again.Turning his head, he tried to pinpoint it.But it was gone so fast, he wasn t sure he could trust hiseyesight in the dim room.Suddenly, his grimoire heated up beneath his hand.With a hiss, he snatched his hand back.He blewcool air across his palm to help with the stinging while he opened the book with his other hand. All right, what are you trying to tell me? He pulled out his pendulum and pricked his fingertip.Reciting the spell to activate it, he squeezed three drops of blood onto the page.For a second, itdidn t react.Then the blood rolled across the page until it formed words.Horror.Terror.Nightmares.Dreams.Some things are never what they seem.Discord.Strife.Shame and Pain.Into all lives, they will rain.But none of them will cut so deep &As the enemy you did not see.He was still trying to decipher it when his gaze was drawn to the napkin holder.There in the shinymetal, he glimpsed the future to come.It was Brynna, and she was hanging by her neck in her bedroom. CHAPTER 4Nick jumped up and fumbled for his phone.He had to get ahold of Brynna before she let her hurtfeelings overtake her common sense.Life was hard for everyone, but pain was transitory and it wouldeventually leave.He knew that better than most since he d been spoon-fed a steady diet of shame,humiliation and agony since the moment of his birth.Death was forever.There was no undo button on it.Not unless you knew how to summon Artemis,and even then, there was no guarantee she d take you.His hand shaking from his panic, he dialed Brynna s number and waited.She didn t answer.As he was hanging up, his mom returned with a hamburger and fries [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]