Azure (The Silver Series book 5)
“Mom's voice was two octaves higher than normal. I set the phone on the opposite side of the couch from me, but distance did nothing to improve the high pitch. “I should kill her myself and save you the trouble,”
she threatened. “What on earth are you thinking?”
“That I'm tired of people running to my mother and tattling,” I said dryly.
“That you're keeping her around because she's pretty?” Mom shot back. “Ben told me, so don't you dare deny it.” Her tone begged me to try.
“She's beautiful,” I a...greed, even though in my mind the word didn't come close to describing her eyes, or the way her face softened when she helped the others, or the soft blush that stole across her cheeks whenever I caught her watching me, which unsettled me as often as her.
“So you admit that you're keeping her for her looks,” Mom said with a triumphant note.
“I admit that she's beautiful,” I replied. “But her beauty has nothing to do with why she's here.”
“Then why is she there?”MoreLess
she threatened. “What on earth are you thinking?”
“That I'm tired of people running to my mother and tattling,” I said dryly.
“That you're keeping her around because she's pretty?” Mom shot back. “Ben told me, so don't you dare deny it.” Her tone begged me to try.
“She's beautiful,” I a...greed, even though in my mind the word didn't come close to describing her eyes, or the way her face softened when she helped the others, or the soft blush that stole across her cheeks whenever I caught her watching me, which unsettled me as often as her.
“So you admit that you're keeping her for her looks,” Mom said with a triumphant note.
“I admit that she's beautiful,” I replied. “But her beauty has nothing to do with why she's here.”
“Then why is she there?”MoreLess
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