Celestial Secrets, E. Dandrow Mosolovich [read aloud TXT] 📗

startling her dog. He barked, but when he saw that Kelly was all right, he settled back down to sleep again. His mistress bent down and stroked his head. What a life he had, free to roam the house, no school, no annoying boys who might possibly be demons following you around...Kelly shook her head. She couldn't jump to conclusions. There was no reason that Luce wasn't just a regular, eighteen-year-old boy who had a secret. She had one of her own, didn't she?

Agonizing over it wasn't going to get her any closer to the answer, Kelly decided, so she went back to her homework and was doen by dinnertime.

As she got ready for bed that night, Kelly once again wondered if she had done the right thing in inviting Luce over to her house. Finally she decided that if the boy really was dangerous, she would just get him out of her house and never talk to him again. And if he wasn't, well, then, maybe they could be friends.

That night she the most disturbing dream. It started out pleasant. She was walking in a meadow, with wildflowers of every kind stretching their necks above the tall grass. The sun was warm on her skin, and she was content.

Then a dark shadow eclipsed the sun. Kelly looked up, but could only see the silohoute of person with...wings? Yes, black wings like a bat's, and that was when she knew this was a demon. She ran in the opposite direction as fast as she could, but it didn't seem like she was getting anywhere.

The beating of wings was right above her. She closed her eyes and covered her head, fearing the worst. The beating stopped, and the demon landed, but her own heart beat echoed loudly in her ears, until it was all she could hear.

Finally she sneaked a peek and was shocked at what she saw. The demon had a heart in his cupped hands-a real live, beating, human heart. He had a puzzled expression on his face as he gazed down at it. He looked up, and Kelly felt dismayed as she saw that the demon was Luce

. Maybe she was right after all.

"This is for me?" he asked, confusion evident in his voice and eyes. Kelly started, realizing that it was her heart he was holding. She felt sick, and she wanted to yell at him, grab her heart and stuff it back in her chest-only there was no hole. She wanted to scream "No!" and run away from him as fast as she could, as far away as she could.

She wasn't sure who was more surprised when she said, "Yes."

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Publication Date: 08-25-2010

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All my family, and all those struggling writers out there.