Their Lethal Pet (MONSTERS NIGHT) by Lexi C. Foss EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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ALINA
The Day of the Choosing
White dress.
Flat sandals.
Freshly brushed hair.
I study my reflection in the mirror, the woman staring back at me one I
barely recognize. She looks innocent. Pure. Matrimonial.
All that’s missing is the veil. That gauzy piece of flimsy bullshit meant
to hide my face.
Maybe I should let it fall to the ground and step on it a little? I muse.
What’s another broken rule?
My tally is nearly forty for this quarter alone, hopefully guaranteeing
I’ll be selected for this year’s Monsters Night.
Everyone thinks I’m crazy. No one wants to get on that fateful train, the
one that leaves lightning sparks trailing in the wind as it heads toward
Monster City.
But I know something they don’t.
A secret my sister shared via a note.
A note she somehow slipped under my door during last year’s Choosing
Ceremony.
There’s an Elite City, her familiar scrawl read. Find an old map, Lina.
Look for Chicago. I’ll be waiting.
It could all be a trick. A lie. A way to seduce me into volunteering for
Monsters Night. But what choice do I have? Serapina is my sister. She’s all
I have left in this world. And she’s out there somewhere, waiting for me.
I wrongly assumed she’d been captured. Claimed. No longer of this
earth.
I wallowed. Cried. Mourned the loss of my younger sister, the last
remaining member of my family.
Then her note appeared, inspiring renewed hope. It also left behind a
taste of guilt. I’d given up on her. How could I? I knew better. If anyone
could survive in this cruel world, it was Serapina.
I have to find her.
And if it all ends up being a hoax, then I’ll fight until my dying breath.
Slay every beast in my path. Refuse to submit.
This dress will look amazing covered in monster blood, I think, eyeing
myself once more. Streaks of black and red marring the too-white fabric.
Hmm.
Every year, new dresses appear for the women. Always white. Always
bridal. The men are given tuxedos. It’s like a fucking wedding, only none of
us willingly walk down the aisle.
Well. Almost none of us.
I volunteer, I muse darkly. Take me to Monster City. Let those creatures
try to mate me. They’ll soon learn I’m not worth the effort.
Or that’s the plan, anyway.
Fight. Run. Hide. Look for an old map.
I will survive. And I’ll find my sister. There is no other option.
Because I can’t stay here.
The men are starting to look my way with a little too much interest. I’m
two-and-twenty now, the perfect age for breeding.
I have no parents to guard my virtue.
No older brother to ensure I’m not taken against my will.
The Village Protectors—a false title for the humans in charge of
maintaining order in our mountain settlement—won’t step in to intervene.
I’m alone.
Vulnerable.
And, unfortunately, my rebellious behavior over the last year only
seems to have inspired more intrigue.
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