Joy and satisfaction because they killed the cyborg? Relief at having dodged yet another bullet? Fear that they’re still being hunted? Exhilaration at having kissed Luce for the first time, even if it was nothing more than an act to save their lives? But he doesn’t feel an...
Footsteps head my way, so quiet that if my ears weren’t listening so hard, I might miss them. Then she’s there. My mother. A soft smile and a warm kiss on my hand. “Mother? What are you doing all the way out here?” I ask. “I ...
Destiny’s world is gone. She failed. Failed her friends, failed herself. And yet…she hears sounds: Someone sobbing, shhhhhing whistling through teeth, a voice wracked with pain echoing through the darkness. “I can’t. Can’t do it. Can’t do it.” ...
Whatever that means. He wouldn’t give us any details, but insisted that we follow him immediately. I thought about giving him a hard time, refusing to go, but decided it wasn’t worth the fight. So now we’re traipsing back through the tunnels, along the familiar route to th...
Finally, she fully sounds like a little girl again, the little sister I remember, before life’s challenges forced her to grow up before anyone should have to. I put an arm around her. “I’ll always come for you. Now, what else did you hear on the news?”Elsey’s eyes light up. “That Tristan ran away...
But it only lasts a second before being replaced by narrow eyes and tight lips and a proud incline to her chin. I have the urge to kiss her right here, but the others are watching and now’s not really the time. She understands the situation, so I don’t say anything more. I...
He jams his eyes shut, groaning when he feels the dull ache in his ribs and abs. He tries to shift a hand to feel for permanent damage, but his arms won’t budge. He tests one foot, then the other, with the same result. He’s tied to some sort of bed. Well, bed is being far too generous. More like ...