You Can't Fight True Love - Alecia Hunter (reading list .TXT) 📗

sun didn’t hurt us but we always needed sunglasses and we all really preferred a nocturnal schedule. Besides, we weren’t allowed to go clubbing on school nights. Which meant five days of midnight curfews. I hate school. I suddenly wondered if Patrick was in school. Most likely, he hadn’t been in school for a long time. Years maybe. As I sat there and half-listened to my father I thought about Patrick and my kiss with Skull tonight.


Chapter 2

I woke up to my alarm clock blaring. I hit it off my nightstand and it flew across the room the cord yanking out of the wall and sending sparks flying.
“Back to your normal routine, eh, Zaila?” Skull’s voice scared me and I jumped out of bed. He was sitting on the floor by my bed watching me. I growled.
“What the hell are you doing here?”
“Watching you sleep, obviously.” He chuckled and stood up, offering me his hand. I refused to take it.
“Why?” I asked him. He was still smiling at me.
“I think it's quite obvious. You're absolutely beautiful when you’re sleeping. Not as moody. And you actually smile when you sleep. Unlike when you’re awake.”
“Did you ever think that the reason you never see me smile is you?” I asked looking for my cell phone so that I could see what time it was.
“You have an hour before we need to leave. That is only if we drive the speed limit. If you need more time we could always have a race...” he trailed off. I grabbed clothes and went into my bathroom to change. When I came out Skull's jaw literally dropped. I looked good and I knew it. I had a tight halter top underneath a leather jacket, a miniskirt with tights and leather boots up to my knees. Everything was black of course, except for one little symbol on my jacket. All the teens in the coven had a jacket like mine. We always wore them on the first day of school. The symbol was a five pointed star inside a circle with a lightning bolt going through the middle. It was the symbol of the coven. I went over to my mirror and started to brush my hair. The door opened and a very sleepy looking Jennica came in. Her eyes immediately zeroed in on Skull and she suddenly looked completely wide awake.
“What's going on?” she asked.
“Nothing, Jen. Skull just stopped by to make sure I was up.” I told her silently cursing Skull for coming.
“So you expect me to believe that a boy in our coven came into your room to 'make sure you were up'? That's a load of crap, Zaila. Now one of you better tell me the truth.” Skull stepped forward dramatically.
“I'm sorry you had to find out like this, Jennica, but...” he paused for suspense before continuing, “your daughter and I are in love and last night we slept together.”
“What?” we both shrieked.
“Never! Why would you even say something like that? Get the hell out of my room!” I pushed him out my open, floor to ceiling window, most likely the way he came in. He landed on his feet even after falling two stories. He looked up and winked at me before walking away.
“What happened last night, Zaila? And don’t lie to me.” Bade was standing in the doorway of my room.
“Nothing happened, Bade. Relax. That creep was just watching me sleep and scared the hell out of me when I woke up.” I told him and glanced out the window. Skull wasn’t there. Lucky him.
“He was watching you sleep? I’ll have to have a talk with his mother about that. That’s very strange behavior even for one of us.” Jennica said. She seemed distracted as she walked out the door, talking quietly to herself.
“What’s with her?” I asked, referring to how distracted Jennica seemed. I was expecting a lecture and a warning about guys and how they only want one thing. My father simply shrugged.
“Now you know to be careful about boys, Z.” he said with a stern look then walked out, closing the door behind him. I groaned then finished getting ready for school. By the time I was done the other girls were all gathered in my room. Imprint

Publication Date: 03-22-2010

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