Before Tomorrow (Forget Tomorrow) by Dunn Pintip

Author:Dunn, Pintip
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Teen; YA; romance; prequel; Pintip Dunn; Forget Tomorrow; Remember Yesterday; series; teen romance; young adult; Entangled
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2016-10-31T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

They ran deeper into the forest. Logan’s first few steps felt like his first few strokes after the starter gun. Adrenaline pumped through his blood, stirring up the chaos in his brain. He attacked the ground like he charged through the water, as though he could scare her future into submission.

But he was no match against her destiny. He was just a swimmer. All he could do was lead her to a cliff and point her toward the escape route to Harmony. The real battle would be left to the people who actually had power. The thought made him stomp even harder.

And then, a canopy of leaves covered their heads, infusing him with a measure of calm. In the distance, he heard the bark of the dogs, but the air swirled around him, cool and moist. It was almost as peaceful as being submerged underwater.

He slowed his steps and snuck a look at Callie. She was still there, still keeping up, although she looked like a single thread held her together. One hard yank, and she would fall apart and tumble to the ground.

What could her memory be? As hard as he tried, he couldn’t imagine her as a criminal. That was why he kept looking at her, he told himself. That was why his eyes were drawn, again and again, to the different parts of her. The sweat dotting her upper lip. The chest heaving as though she were swimming a race. Her skin.

Creamy. Smooth. Cool. She always had the kind of skin he wanted to rub up against, to wrap around himself and sink into, as though she were the deep end of a swimming pool.

His mouth dried. Stop staring, he ordered himself. You’re going to make her uncomfortable.

He faced forward and vowed not to turn back around. He didn’t need to. He could see her clearly in his mind’s eye. The curve of her cheek, the sharp angles of her hips, her breasts, round and full—

Fike. There went his thoughts again. He took a deep, steadying breath and focused instead on the details surrounding him. The pebbles that gave way under his sneakered feet. The bramble crisscrossing in front of his path. The ground that slowly but surely sloped up, up, up.

They didn’t talk, but that was okay. He was used to the silence between them, and this was the silence of two people lost in their own thoughts, not the hostile, angry silence of feuding ex-friends. He’d take this silence over the meaningless chatter of his classmates any day. It meant that he got to be with her again.

Finally, as they neared the top, she spoke up. “Where are we going?”

He looked over his shoulder, pretending to scan the ground below, but really sneaking another look at her. Her skin was flushed, and tendrils of hair escaped from her braid. But it was her eyes—wide and uncertain—that sent a flash through his body, one made up of equal parts desire and protectiveness. “You can’t stay here.

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