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I look away
"Youthe oes toward the bed "Isaac," he says as he sits down on the edge of the bed and goes to re Ara and I want to knohat it is before this week is over"
Isaac stands from the table and takes ly, he bows to Trajan and says, "Yes, Father," giving hiiven hiry about before
Trajan removes the second boot and turns at the waist to look across at us And then as if it co in the same manner that Isaac had Trajan nods to uess," I say s over the words, sounding completely unlike any forn
I doubt I’ll ever be able to do that, to say ‘Milord’ or use big, sophisticated words that will only lish accent I’ll just stick ho I a the way that will at least
Chapter 7
BY THE TIME WE o hoht and see Aunt Bev and Uncle Carl so they don’t start worrying Thankfully, Genna helped with erasing their minds of my teek disappearance before she disappeared herself not long ago But I haven’t been home in a week because I was sort of tied up, literally, in the basement of the Mayfair house I did call a lot and talk to Beverlee and Uncle Carl, just to let them knoas okay, but I could tell in Beverlee’s voice the last tione so long
But I have to give the credit to Harry for using his Praverian powers of controlling e away like this in the first place They aren’t co of it--I refused to let Harry ht just to suit my everyday needs--but they are lad that it’s still su to school for the sae later
This new life, this new existence of le when I have human family members that love me and who have no idea that once a s It’s just not so you talk about over dinner
We pull into the drive and Isaac puts the Jeep in park
"I’ll be here to pick you up around six," he says turning at the waist and resting his left wrist on the steering wheel
"Six? Like arins softly and says in a you-got-yourself-into-this sort of way, "When ’ he doesn’t et , but I didopenlyone side of et up so early, I do look forward to seeing Araain
Just like Isaac said, he was here at six on the dot and I barely gotin his Jeep I slept the whole way, at least as much as the bucket seat would alloice I jerked ahen Isaac went over a buainst thenext to ot to the cabin, Trajan forced Isaac to stay outside where he waited iot absolutely nowhere with Aramei in three hours
She ake the whole tiularto her, but our efforts asted
Trajan agreed to letht But this wasrelieved of severe boredom; Isaac, Nathan, Daisy and me have an important trip to take today to find soht (Harry said they are wicked and spiteful and never do anything for free) give us e need to trap the Dark Praverian
We’re heading to The Cove to ive us the rest of the details He can’t go with us because they harvest, or rather ‘reap’ Praverian souls
As if this couldn’t get any weirder…
We pull into the parking lot by the Kennebec River, the saas pack and ours last fall It’s vacant and looks like the City came and cleaned it up of all the trash and beer cans left over by the crowd that got busted not long ago I feel nervous just being here, especially now that there are several NO LOITERING signs posted and we aren’t supposed to be hanging around here But if any cops co tossed in jail for underage drinking or drug possession They’ll probably just slap us on the wrist and tell us not to co on the hood of his old car with Nathan parked next to the inside his FJ Crusier We pull in on the other side of Harry’s car and get out
"I don’t like this one bit," Daisy says getting off the hood and crossing her arms stubbornly as she walks toward lares at both of the to like this, Adria" She shakes her blond head slow and heavy and her curly ponytail swings side to side A pair of little jangling gold earrings hangs fro his ar as they don’t let it slip that I live here I don’t have to worry about the onto Harry’s hood "They’re human and they can’t read minds, so hoould he or she know Harry lives in Hallowell, or that you’re his very overprotective girlfriend?"
"Shove it, Nate," Daisy snaps and Nathan shakes his head, grinning
She turns back to us and Harry
"You’re right," I say to Daisy, "I don’t like it either even though I don’t know very uess"