Starcrossed (Starcrossed 1) - Page 286

car. Helen shut the door but kept a hold of it, looking at him uncertainly

through the open window. ?What is it?? he asked.

?I feel horrible, Lucas! It?s autumn, and you and your cousins are

sleeping outside at night. That just isn?t acceptable.?

?We don?t have much of a choice. We can?t leave you by yourself

until you can fight.?

?I won?t allow it anymore,? she said, tucking her hair behind her

ear and crossing her arms stubbornly. ?You?re just going to have to

stay in my room.?

?Because that?s relaxing,? he replied with gentle sarcasm. ?I

barely shut my eyes last night. Trust me, I?ll get more sleep on your

roof.?

?No,? she said, sticking to her guns, even though she was getting

warm and jittery at the thought of him in her room again. ?You

either come inside or you don?t spend the night here at all.?

Lucas looked up at her. ?We?ll figure something out when I get

back. Okay??

Helen reluctantly agreed and went into the house to see her dad.

Through a wide yawn, he tried to ask her how her weekend had

gone but after working double shifts for two days straight he could

barely keep his eyes open. Helen sent him to bed, promising to fix

breakfast in the morning. Jerry was snoring away before she?d

even brushed her teeth. She finished up in the bathroom and put

on a pair of boxer shorts and a baggy V-neck tee, thinking that Lucas

would appreciate her attempt to cover up, and then went to the

linen closet to find an air mattress she was pretty sure her dad had

gotten for his birthday a few years ago.

At the bottom of the closet she found the unused kit herding dust

bunnies around its corners and brought it back into her bedroom.

She sat down on the floor, opened the box, and took out the different

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