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.Weird but beautiful, Hannah thought,looking dreamily around at ebony furniture and decorative tribal masks.Thenshe remembered where she was and jumped out of bed.She found clean clothes-her size-lying on an elaborately carved chest.Shehad just finished pulling them on when Lupe knocked on the door."Lupe, have they-"Lupe shook her silvery-brown head."They haven't found him yet."Hannah sighed, then smiled, trying not to look too disappointed.Lupe made a sympathetic face."I know.While you wait, though, you might liketo meet some people." She grinned."They're sort of special people, and it's asecret that they're even here.But I talked to them last night, and they alldecided that it would be okay.They all want to meet you."Page 88ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlHannah was curious."Special people? Are they humans or.uh.?"Lupe grinned even more widely."They're both.That's why they're special." Asshe talked, she was leading Hannah downstairs and through miles of hallway."They did something for me," she said, not smiling now, but serious."Theysaved my life and my mom's life.See, I'm not a purebred werewolf.My dad washuman."Hannah looked at her, startled."Yeah.And that's against the laws of the Night World.You can't fall in lovewith a human, much less marry them.The other werewolves came one night andkilled my dad.They would have killed my mom and me, too, but Thierry got usout of the city and hid us.That's why I'd do anything for him.I wouldn't bealive if it wasn't for him.and Circle Daybreak."She had paused by the door of a room located toward the back of the house.Now, she opened the door, gave Hannah a funny little nod and a wink, and said,"You go meet them.I think you'll like each other.You're their type."Hannah wasn't sure what this meant.She felt shy as she stepped over thethreshold and looked around the room.It was a den, smaller than the front living room, and more cozy, withfurniture in warm ochers and burnt siennas.A breakfast buffet was set out ona long sideboard made of golden pine.It smelled good, but Hannah didn't havetime to look at it.As soon as she came in the room, every head turned and shefound a dozen people staring at her.Young people.All around her age.Normal-type teenagers, except that asurprising number of them were extremely good-looking.Behind her, the door closed firmly.Hannah felt more and more as if she'djust walked out on stage and forgotten her lines.Then one of the girls sitting on an ottoman jumped up and ran to her."You'reHana, aren't you?" she said warmly."Hannah.Yes.""I can't believe I'm really meeting you! This is so exciting.Thierry's toldus all about you." She put a gentle hand on Hannah's arm."Hannah, this isCircle Daybreak.And my name is Thea Harman."She was almost as tall as Hannah was, and the yellow hair spilling over hershoulders was a few shades darker than Hannah's.Her eyes were brownand soft and somehow wise."Hi, Thea." Somehow Hannah felt instinctively at ease with this girl."Lupewas telling me about Circle Daybreak, but I didn't exactly understand.""It started as a sort of witch organization," Thea said."A witch circle.Butit's not just for witches.It's for humans and vampires and werewolves andshapeshifters.and, well, anybody who wants to help Night People andhumans get along.Come and meet the others and we'll try to explain."A few minutes later, Hannah was sitting on a couch with a plate of eggsBenedict, being introduced."This is James and Poppy," Thea said."James is a Redfern on his mother'sPage 89ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlside-which makes him a descendant of Maya's." She glanced at James with gentlemischief."I didn't pick my parents.Believe me, I didn't," James said to Hannah.Hehad light brown hair and thoughtful gray eyes.When he smiled it wasimpossible not to smile back."Nobody would have picked your parents, Jamie," Poppy said, elbowing him.Shewas very small, but there was a kind of impish wisdom in her face [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]