Blood and Honey by Kendra Moreno

Author:Kendra Moreno
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kendra Moreno

Chapter Twenty-Two

Later that afternoon, Danica sat in the driver’s seat of the Porsche at the starting line of the practice track. Arden sat in the passenger seat, the weapons wheel tucked away until the second quarter of the track. The practice track was smaller than the track they’d be racing on in only two more days, but it was perfect for what they needed to do. Practice wouldn’t make perfect in this race, not when they didn’t know what the course would look like for the Games, but it would at least give them a starting point.

It was the final day of practice before they’d have to leave and step in front of cameras and smile as if they weren’t walking to their possible death. Danica couldn’t help but feel like she was walking into some twisted young adult dystopian book the more she thought about it. However, there were far bigger things on the line than just her own life. Danica wasn’t sure how she felt about the race being televised, but she reminded herself she’d been televised before for her own races. Just never her death. Though her father—

Her hands tightened on the steering wheel. Dressed up her full gear, Danica felt more like herself than she ever had before. The jumpsuit she wore was temporary Arden claimed but it felt more like home than the outfit she’d be expected to wear the next day. Though she liked to dress up sometimes, something about being forced to dress up for false pomp and circumstance didn’t sit right with her.

“The Race Games will start like any other race,” Phi said softly from the backseat. “Someone will wave a green flag and we’ll start. We’ll be toward the end of the lineup—”

“Who decided that?” Danica asked, meeting his eyes in the mirror.

“Supposedly, it’s a random draw.”

“Random, my ass,” Arden growled while he checked his harness again. “It was as purposeful as putting a goblin team at the front.”

Danica ran her foot along the clutch. With the car in neutral and the e-brake on, there wasn’t a threat of movement but when it was time to go, she’d release the brake and drop the car into first gear, her boot pressing the clutch down. Even though this was a practice run, the final one before the big race, it felt bigger than that.

Five years ago, Danica had stopped racing. Call it fear, or grief, but something had prevented her from getting behind the wheel of a car and feeling the need to go fast. She hadn’t sought out the adrenaline rush she’d used to. It hadn’t felt the same without her biggest fan beside her, encouraging her. Most understood for the first year. After that, no one did, except maybe Leo. He’d been there with her as she’d raced onto the track to try and pull her father out, despite the danger of the other cars. He’d been there as she’d raced toward the flames that no one could have survived.

And

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