Avow by Fine Chelsea

Author:Fine, Chelsea [Fine, Chelsea]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Speculative Fiction
ISBN: 0988585928
Amazon: B00AM38E8A
Publisher: Firefall Publishing
Published: 2012-01-01T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 28

New York 1983

From the moment Scarlet awoke in a park, staring across blades of grass at Tristan’s green eyes telling her she was safe, she knew something was wrong.

But it wasn’t until an hour later, when everyone gathered in Nate’s house for a Welcome Back To Life meeting, that Scarlet realized what it was.

“I’m making progress on a vaccine, but I’d like to do some more experiments with your blood.”

Scarlet said, “Of course.”

Nate nodded. “I will begin performing a sequence of tests in an effort to…”

Her thoughts drifted away from Nate as she thought about being cured. A cure would mean no more dying. It would mean Gabriel could love whomever he wanted. It would mean she and Tristan could—

Tristan shifted uncomfortably in his seat across from her.

Scarlet wrinkled her nose. She’d only been alive for an hour and already she was annoyed with their connection. With Tristan.

He’d looked at her. He’d felt her. But he hadn’t spoken a word to her since they’d left the park. If he was going to continue reading her emotions like an open book, the least he could do was exchange a word or two with her in return. But what had she expected? A plea for forgiveness? A confession of true love?

An image of him kissing the sexy redhead snaked into her head and unsolicited jealousy stirred low in her belly. She clamped down on that emotion for fear of Tristan reading her again and getting the wrong idea.

She no longer had any interest in the green-eyed Archer. Shaking him out of her head, Scarlet looked around Nate’s large living room, taking in the tall windows, giant rugs, and leather furniture. Huh. Nate never used to be so…coordinated. She ran her hand along the soft, leather armrest of the couch she sat on and, once again, felt like something was wrong.

There was a different vibe in the air, a tension of sorts, that hadn’t existed in her prior lives. What was it?

She looked at Gabriel, who gave her an easy smile. She smiled back. She had tried—truly tried—to give her heart to him completely in her last life, but thoughts of Tristan snuck into her soul as she was dying, leaving no doubt that her heart had never been, and never would be, completely Gabriel’s. So she and Gabriel had some issues to work out.

But that was not what felt wrong.

Tristan slanted his green eyes to her.

Why was he even here? Wasn’t he supposed to flee from her presence the moment she came back to life?

“…so we’ll start next week,” Nate’s emotionless voice said. “One of the tests will require both of you to come in at the same time, but it should only be for a day. Maybe then we’ll be on our way to a possible cure.”

Scarlet blinked her attention back to Nate. “Wait—what?”

Nate looked like he hadn’t slept in weeks. “I need both you and Tristan to spend a day in my lab.”

“Together?” she squawked. She actually squawked. Very embarrassing.

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