The Frenzy (17 page)

Corey led me to the shiny black motorcycle parked in the shadows at the side of the road.

“She’s ours,” he said, getting on. “Liv, meet Lupe, Lupe, Liv. She’ll take us all the way.”

I slung my thigh over the black leather seat and got on behind him. The engine revved and roared like a beast as we took off into the night. Wind grabbed at my hair, flaring red strands around us. I held on tight to Corey’s waist and I could smell his sweat—a scent of adventure and hope and love.

“How did you get this?” I shouted over the wind.

“I saved up for her all summer.”

“Your school money?”

“We’ll figure it out.”

On the way out of town I asked him to stop at the house on Green Street. Behind the wall of Christmas
trees we could see the sharply peaked roof and the front parlor window. This time, two lights burned inside. Maybe they were fireflies. Or maybe not.

“Good-bye, Pace,” I said as we rode away.

I reached around Corey’s waist and placed my silver hand over his heart. It beat in perfect rhythm with my own. I no longer wondered who I was. I knew.

Acknowledgments

Sera Gamble suggested I take on the story of a female werewolf. Carmen Staton provided excellent werewolf research. My thanks go to my agent, Lydia Wills; my editor, Tara Weikum; and Jocelyn Davies, Laura Kaplan, Susan Katz, and everyone at Harper, as always, for supporting me and making everything possible. I would also like to thank Charlie Blakemore for his suggestions. Finally, I am grateful to Gilda Block for reading this aloud to me as I was recovering from eye surgery so that I could make the final changes to Liv’s story, and to my children for everything they are.

About the Author

FRANCESCA LIA BLOCK
, winner of the prestigious Margaret A. Edwards Award, is the author of many acclaimed and bestselling books, including
Weetzie Bat, Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books
, the collection of stories
Blood Roses
, the poetry collection
How to (Un)cage a Girl
, the novel
The Waters & the Wild
, the illustrated novella
House of Dolls
, and the gothic vampire romance
Pretty Dead
. Her work is published around the world.

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The Frenzy
Copyright © 2010 by Francesca Lia Block

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Block, Francesca Lia.
  The frenzy / Francesca Lia Block. — 1st ed.
    p. cm.
  Summary: When she was thirteen, something terrifying and mysterious happened to Liv that she still does not understand, and now, four years later, her dark secret threatens to tear her apart from her family and her true love.
  ISBN 978-0-06-192666-2
  [1. Shapeshifting—Fiction. 2. Identity—Fiction. 3. Love—Fiction. 4. Supernatural—Fiction. 5. Werewolves—Fiction. 6. Family problems—Fiction.] I. Title.
  PZ7.B61945Fr 2010                            2009053453
  [Fic]—dc22                                                       CIP
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