“I love you, too, Asher,” I whispered. Somewhere, by the edges of the clearing, I could hear Cassie sigh, and the shards of my heart were breaking into smaller, sharper pieces. I felt like my whole body was breaking. But I had to stay strong. “I have to do this.”
Asher’s hand fell, finally, to his side, and hung there without purpose, as if its entire reason for being had suddenly been taken away. Beside him, Devin put a hand on his back. I was finally able to see all of the emotions in his eyes, everything he could now let himself feel. And beneath the concern, I saw something else. Hope. But was it hope for me? For the Rebellion? For the fate of the universe? Was he hoping I could save it—or hoping that there was still a chance for us now that he was free to love?
I couldn’t think about those things just yet. They would have to wait. I had a mission now, of my own.
I looked at Ian and Raven and Aunt Jo. They stood on either side of me, hands poised at their sides, and for the first time, I felt purpose. I finally had a clear direction. I knew who we were and the journey we were about to embark on.
We weren’t light, and we weren’t dark. We were the in-between. We were something fractured and put back together again, better, stronger, illuminating the night.
Acknowledgments
HEARTFELT THANKS (AND HUGS) go to:
The team at Harper, especially Karen Chaplin, Andrea Martin, Barbara Lalicki, and Marisa Russell.
Colin Anderson and Erin Fitzsimmons, for your breathtaking vision.
Maria Gomez, for being a phone call away.
The readers, bloggers, booksellers, librarians, and teachers who supported A Beautiful Dark—and all of your wonderful emails, tweets, postcards, and messages!
Dark Days cohorts extraordinaire Amy Vincent, Kiersten White, and Amy Garvey, for being the best late-night-empty-Italian-restaurant-dinner-company a girl could have, and providing inspiration, support, and raucous, delirious, sleep-deprived laughter.
Anne Heltzel, Jess Rothenberg, Leila Sales, and Rebecca Serle, for rooftop wine, stoop coffee, cheese anytime, advice, tips, photo ops, horse-dancing, puns, panicked phone calls—I’m so glad we found one another.
My friends near and far—from Boston to Snug Harbor, from Chicago to DC to San Fran to right down the block; from the booth at Heidelberg to the halls of Page to caaandyhouse to sharing a cubicle wall. Whether I take the subway, the B63, or the Bolt Bus to see you, thank you for reading, for cheering me on—and reminding me that life is meant to be lived (in addition to being written about). If I know how to write about friends convincingly, if I understand friendship at all, it’s because of you guys.
And always, Jody and Lee Davies, Shelby Davies, Sandra and Mark Messler, and the Sigler clan. With so much love.
About the Author
JOCELYN DAVIES is the author of A BEAUTIFUL DARK, the first book in this captivating trilogy. She edits young adult fiction at a publishing house in New York, a job that has allowed her to cultivate a keen interest in all things angsty, hilarious, and/or unrequited. She is a graduate of Bates College, and lives in an apartment overflowing with books. Visit her online at www.jocelyndavies.com.
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Davies, Jocelyn.
A fractured light / by Jocelyn Davies.
p. cm. — (Beautiful dark ; bk. 2)
Summary: “In the aftermath of Devin’s shocking betrayal, Skye learns that Asher has been using her for the Rebellion. She wishes she could forget about both sides, but as war between the factions looms, Skye is forced to make a choice about where her heart and loyalties truly lie”— Provided by publisher.
ISBN 978-0-06-199067-0
Epub Edition © JULY 2012 ISBN: 9780062119667
[1. Angels—Fiction. 2. Identity—Fiction. 3. Supernatural—Fiction. 4. Good and evil—Fiction. 5. Colorado—Fiction.] I. Title.
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