Starcrossed (Starcrossed 1) - Page 285

head, exactly like someone who hadn?t.

?You just worry about teaching her to defend herself, and I?ll take

care of the research,? Cassandra said in a frazzled way as she

opened her book and started leafing through it. Hector smiled, obviously

glad he was off the hook.

Castor, Pallas, and Cassandra, asked Helen about different

habits?foods she ate, daily routines, even prayers her mother

might have taught her to say before bed. Nothing yielded an answer,

and they gave up when dinner was served.

It was good. Really, really good. Helen ate like she hadn?t been

fed in weeks. She drank glass after glass of water. She was so dehydrated

she could feel the cool water

fanning out in her system

and thickening her tissues like a dry rag fattening up as it absorbs a

puddle. She felt guilty at one point for hogging all the food and

forced herself to put her knife and fork down, but Noel looked at

her sharply and asked her if she didn?t like the meal. Helen murmured

an apology and gladly resumed chowing down.

After dinner, Lucas drove her back to her house, which by now

was a waste of both time and fuel, but something they had to do to

keep Jerry from getting suspicious about how Helen was traveling

around the island.

?I don?t like leaving you alone,? Lucas said, glancing nervously at

every shadow in the yard.

?I?ll be okay,? Helen lied. Actually, now that it was dark out she

didn?t want Lucas to get farther than a few inches away from her,

but with her dad home there was no option but for them to

separate.

268/395

?I?ll be back in an hour or so,? Lucas told her as she got out of the

Tags: Josephine Angelini Starcrossed Fantasy
Source: readsnovelonline.net
readsnovelonline.net Copyright 2016 - 2024