The Reaper's Apprentices #1: Awakened Read Online Free Page B

like to put his lips to the bottle or a wine glass. Sniffling around his feet was Oscar, his little Yorkie terrier. Oscar liked to get in all the strangest places. He heard Kaska coming, left his master, and went over to greet her. She gave him a little pat on the head, and he went back to his squeaky toys.
     
    “All right, boy, bring it over here!” Fabian commanded as Oscar searched the pile of toys he had left in the yard. “Dust it off first!”
     
    “Oh, masters, guess what happened?” Kaska bounded into the garden where everyone was waiting for her. She took a good look at the garden and sighed at the sight of it. For a place that had been drenched with rain a few hours ago, it was now bright and cleaned up with the sun shining down on the goldfish pond. If she had her canvas and paints, this would have been a perfect scene to capture in a painting.
     
    Fabian, Adair, and Gideon were now playing with Oscar and trying to keep him from digging up the garden. He had already done it twice, and Sebastian had given up trying stop him. He had asked for an electrical fence around it, yet everyone refused give it to him. Fabian hissed at the very idea of the fence hurting his dog and promised to keep him away. Right now, they were all relaxed so she tried to build it up slowly. “You’re never going to believe it!”
     
    Sebastian cocked his head to the side. “I’m going to take that aliens have not landed on the planet. Or maybe they have and you’re finding out today.”
     
    “It’s not that outrageous, Master Sebastian.”
     
    “Then, what is it?”
     
    “Well, I decided to try out for the college cheerleading squad and the tryouts are this Friday,” she began, which led to silence everywhere. Fabian’s smile disappeared at that news. “Oh, come on! I was co-captain in high school, and I’ve been doing this since junior high! My mother said it would help me get more involved with people, and that’s what you want us to do, right? You want us to get close to people so they don‘t suspect what we‘re up to. What better way than to get involved in cheerleading, where you‘ll be around people all the time.”
     
    “That’s true, but we want you to do something you love, not because you want to get close to people.”
     
    “That’s another thing; I love cheerleading!” She leaped into the air. “Go team!”
     
    “I know that, but I’m sure college cheerleading would be different,” Fabian said. “Are you sure about this, Kaska? College isn’t the same as high school. You’re going to be surrounded by all kinds of people. You’ll be going to classes with different folks every semester. Besides, your demonic side didn’t come out while you were in high school. You were okay then. Now is a different story. It will be harder for you to go to all those games with people everywhere. You might have to take double your pills before you do anything.”
     
    “I know, but I can do it!” Kaska sat down next to him. “Please, master! I love cheerleading so it is something I’m doing that I love. It can’t hurt to try out, can it? And besides, if I don’t make it, we don’t have to worry about other people getting hurt. I won’t be able to hurt them then!”
     
    Fabian sighed and gave her a smile. There was no stopping this girl. He might have been her master, but he couldn’t keep her from getting what she wanted. “I guess trying out wouldn’t hurt. I say go for it. At the very least, I know you’ll do your best.”
     
    She returned the grin. “Good. I’m glad you think that, Master Fabian. Because I already tried out…and I made it!”
     
    He rolled his eyes at that. “How did I know you would do that to me?”
     
    “I’m a little predictable, Master. I’ll admit that.”
     
    He patted her shoulder. “Congratulations on making the team, Kaska. Wish you would have told me sooner that you were trying out.”
     
    “I know I should have, but I figured you’d try to talk