Redemption (Night Marchers #2) Written by: Rebecca Gober and Courtney Nuckels

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Book: Redemption (Night Marchers #2) Written by: Rebecca Gober and Courtney Nuckels by Courtney Nuckels, Rebecca Gober Read Free Book Online
Authors: Courtney Nuckels, Rebecca Gober
Tags: Paranormal, Young Adult, Hawaii, night marchers
grown to love.
    Pulling up to Kaylee’s house I breathe a sigh
of relief. It’s good to be back, is all I can think. Kaylee’s mom
comes rushing out the front door wearing a hot pink muumuu. The
funny thing is, she looks good in it. I don’t think anyone else
could rock it the way she does.
    Kaylee’s face has a look of pure horror as
she takes in the sight of her mom. “Mom! You’re embarrassing me!
What if the neighbors see you in that getup?”
    Her mom simply ignores her and wraps me into
a rib-crushing hug. Feeling as if all the life has drained out of
me, she finally releases me.
    “Hi Dyan.” It was all I could muster after
being practically crushed to death.
    Kaylee’s mom Dyan is like the mother I never
got the chance to have. She is extremely eccentric, but that is
exactly what I love about her.
    Dyan grabs my luggage and ushers us into the
house. Inside, the house smells of fresh baked cookies and all
sorts of homemade goodness. My stomach begins to churn at the
smell. I honestly can’t tell if it’s because I’m hungry or because
the smell reminds me of Alani and all of her homemade goodies.
    Dropping my luggage in the foyer, we all plop
onto bar stools and dig into the pile of cookies.
    “Thanks mom,” Kaylee says through her mouth
full of food. One thing I will never understand is how Kaylee can
eat like she does and never gain a pound or a blemish. It doesn’t
seem cosmically possible.
    Before I am on my second bite of cookie
Kaylee grabs the plate and drags me back to her room. I smile at
the sight before me. It looks like the color pink threw up in here.
There’s a child’s canopy bed set up against a rose pink wall along
with other antique furniture dotting the room. Teddy bears are
piled up in the corner in mesh netting displayed for all to see.
Kaylee’s mom installed a trundle bed underneath the canopy so that
we could have sleepovers. I’ve spent countless nights in here
growing up and the sight and smell of it is comforting in and of
itself. It's like coming home.
    "So, why did you pull me away so fast?" I
mumble trying not to let the cookie crumbs fall out of my mouth. I
can’t deny that I was looking forward to catching up with Dyan
too.
    Kaylee gives me that roguish grin that always
sets me on edge because I know it means that she's got some type of
mischief planned. That's when I see the light bounce off a metal
blade in her hand. I instinctively drop my cookie and gasp when
Kaylee pulls out a butcher knife that she must have grabbed from
the kitchen on our way in here. Now it makes sense why she flew out
of the room with me in tow in such a hurry.
    "What the hell Kayle?" I yell at her just a
tad bit freaked out.
    "I have an idea." She says raising her
eyebrow at me as if silently asking me if I'm game.
    "Um, okay but I don't think now is the time
to try to do some type of 'blood sisters' ritual or something like
we did in the seventh grade." I say a little nervously. I can't see
how anything that has to do with a knife like that could be a good
idea.
    "No, Emma, I'm not doing some stupid ritual,
after all we are already sisters, we don't need to share blood to
know that. I was just thinking...and it's totally up to you, but
perhaps we can test out this rapid healing of yours."
    If I could see myself in the mirror, I'm sure
my eyes would bug out of my head. "WTF?"
    Kaylee tries to lighten the mood by joking,
"Why The Face?" She sees that I'm still looking at her in dismay so
she says, "I'm not suggesting that we plunge this into your heart
or anything. I'm just sayin’ a little cut is all."
    "Well then you could have grabbed a smaller
knife! Geez Kaylee. That giant butcher knife is really freaking me
out."
    She turns if upside down and hands it to me
handle first. I gladly accept it. She then clarifies herself. "A
broken leg healing in a matter of days? That's comic book stuff.
Maybe something crazy is happening to you. I mean, obviously it's
something good, but it's still crazy

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