A Light in the Sky by Shina Reynolds

Author:Shina Reynolds
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Shina Reynolds
Published: 2021-07-16T00:00:00+00:00

Twenty-Eight

When I open my eyes, Gattacan is standing beside the bed, watching me, and for some strange reason I don’t startle, or worry about how long he’s been in the room. I stare into his midnight eyes for a moment before pushing myself up to my elbows.

“Is it time?” I ask, stifling a yawn.

He nods.

I’m still exhausted, but at least I got some rest, and my leg is a little better, thanks to the Laithlanner medic who attended to it yesterday. I’m still in yesterday’s clothes—no point in changing out of my Empyrean uniform if I have to go back home in it. Wearing anything else, or even cleaning up too much, would signal that I was rescued by someone, and not just any someone—a Laithlanner. But attending to my leg was a necessity. Otherwise, who knows if I’d make it home before an infection set in.

Still, I can’t help but imagine how nice a hot shower would feel right about now.

I ease my leg off the bed and onto the floor, slipping into my dirty Empyrean boots. Gattacan reaches his hand out to steady me as I stand.

“Thank you,” I say, taking it, his fingers gently bracing mine.

“Thank you,” he echoes in a husky breath.

“For what?”

“For what you’re about to do.” He’s still holding on to my hand.

I swallow, letting it go so that I can pull my hair up into a ponytail. As soon as I do, I remember what lies ahead. All the revelations the Grays shared last night flash through my mind like a lightning storm. I’m a Light Keeper, like my father. But what does it all mean?

“I wouldn’t thank me just yet,” I mutter.

Gattacan tilts his head to study me.

“I mean, I don’t even fully understand what I’m supposed to do.” I run my hand over the top of my head, attempting to smooth down any stray hairs that might be sticking up.

“You will soon enough. These things take time.” He offers me his arm. “My parents will tell you the plan over breakfast.”

I loop my arm through his, though the weight on my leg isn’t nearly as painful as it was. Still, it’s nice to have his support.

“Cashel is ready for you. He was fed and groomed last night,” he says, leading me out of the room.

“Thank you. I was so tired, I should’ve—”

“I told you he’d be fine. I’m starting to think you don’t trust me,” Gattacan says, a smile forming under his perfect angular cheekbones.

“These things take time,” I joke. He chuckles, and his arm flexes against mine when he does.

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