The Devil's Prey (The Demon Within) by Jessica Stark Read Free Book Online Page A

wanted. I heard Amanda came into the room much later. I stirred in my bed when she closed the door, and realized drowsily that someone else was with her
    ‘ Do you think she can handle all this?’ Amanda was whispering, but I could still hear her.
    ‘I hope so , but only time will tell.’ Nothing more was said after that, and I fell into a very deep sleep.
    I have no idea how long I slept before someone came bursting into our room. ‘Come on, ladies! Up you get!’
    I moaned . ‘Get lost, will you? I want to sleep.’ I pulled my covers over my head, hoping I could hide.
    ‘N ope, up you get!’  My covers were pulled off me, and I was cold.
    ‘Ethan , please. Not this again,’ Amanda grunted.
    ‘N ope, it’s time for school!’ I lay in bed, ignoring him, but then he opened the blinds and sunlight streamed into the room.
    ‘A hhh! Ethan! I don’t want to go to school.’ I wanted those blinds shut- and with that, they shut all by themselves, and I smiled to myself.
    ‘Summer ,’ he murmured in my ear. He kissed my neck, and that sent a thrill through my body, which got me up.
    ‘Ethan , that is not fair.’ I stretched my arms over my head, cracking my back in the process.
    ‘Fair is my middle name . Now come on, Amanda . Wakey wakey!’ Once Amanda got past all her colorful words for Ethan, she finally got up.
    ‘Y ou girls are going to be my doom, waking you up every morning,’ Ethan said. He left the room, leaving us alone to get ready for school.
    ‘H ow is your arm?’ Amanda gazed over at me, and I undid the bandages to see a light scar.
    ‘B etter, I think.’ But the moment the words left my lips, I felt a stinging pain on my upper thigh. ‘Ouch!’ I yelped. I pulled my boxers a little higher to see a trickle of blood running down my leg.
    A betrayal will be made
    I looked up at Amanda, who looked horrified. ‘Summer, you ok?’
    I gave her a look that said, Do I look ok to you?
    ‘S ure. As happy as a daisy.’ I wiped away the blood from the message. ‘First my arm, now my leg. What’s next, my forehead?’
    Amanda gave me a wary look . ‘Don’t jinx it.’ She was trying to make a joke out of it, but it really didn’t help.
    ‘W ell, I guess I am wearing jeans for the next few days. Again,’ I sighed. I really wanted to wear shorts. When we were dressed and ready, Ethan was waiting outside for us.
    ‘G ood. I am glad to see you, otherwise I would have been coming back in to wake you up.’ He gave us a cheeky smile and wandered ahead of us.
    ‘I swear, Amanda, as much as I love him, I am going to kill him one day.’
    I saw Amanda smile and nod her head. ‘ If he wakes me up one more time, I am going to threaten him by reading his deepest thoughts.’ Both Amanda and I laughed, and Ethan stopped and turned around.
    ‘W hat’s so funny?’
    ‘N othing,’ we said in unison.
    ‘Y ou are talking to each other, aren’t you?’  Ethan was looking between us both, and I just shrugged my shoulders. ‘Care to let me in?’ He raised one eyebrow, indicating that he wanted to know what we found so amusing.
    ‘N ope, its girl stuff.’ Amanda smiled, flashing all her perfect white teeth.
    ‘Girl stuff, you say!’ He took a step closer to me, and I know what he was going to do. ‘Does this change your mind?’ He kissed me, and I kissed him back.
    W hen I pulled away, I simply said, ‘Nope’.
    When we got to school , everyone one was rushing to see who made it onto teams this year. ‘Hey, Summer!’ Perry was walking up to me with one of his huge grins.
    ‘H ey, Perry. Have you seen the list yet?’  I gave Perry a hug, and I could see from the look on Ethan’s face that he was jealous.
    ‘N o, I was just heading over there now when I saw you, and wanted to see if you would come and look, too.’ Perry was smiling at me, and I couldn’t help but smile back. Perry was one of those kids that everyone got along with. He was always smiling, and he always seemed to know just