Breach (The Blood Bargain) by Reeves Macaela

Author:Reeves, Macaela [Reeves, Macaela]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-02-14T08:00:00+00:00

The town square-with its old shops turned into warehouses, restaurants converted to housing, the city hall/police headquarters as our own council chambers-was completely transformed. Where cozy old fashioned street lamps stood torches had been hung to carry us through the night. Fake floral arrangements in a variety of spring blooms decorated building fronts, tied back with ribbons of green, purple, blue and yellow that was reused year after year. Decorations were courtesy of the large craft store that had once existed a block south of the square. A banquet of preserves, meats-a rare treat-baked goods and vegetables was set up at the north end, next to the large collection of kegs that flowed freely. The opposite side of the square was a different harmony; voices attempting good conversation were drowned out by the strum of a guitar. The beat of the drum kept everyone moving, the singer lost in the waves of music by the lack of amplifying equipment. Still we all heard the words in our minds, songs carried down from generations retooled in a bluegrass fashion.

The citizens of Junction were dressed in their finest, flowing dresses and polo shirts intermingled through the crowd. The red hues of the setting sun intertwined with the glow of the lit torches, the whole atmosphere washed in the scent of burning woods.

Smiling, I took a deep breath; this was what it was to live. Right here, right now. The living intertwined in the celebration of simply being, a true testament to our resolve. Smoothing out my aqua blue tank dress I scanned the crowd for familiar faces. I had been late to the party due to an overflowing in pile from my new position. I had tried to talk to Dad a few times about the medical issue, planted a bug in Richards’s ear as well, and even brought it up to Zack as much as I disliked talking to the little worm. None of them seemed overly concerned about it, said we had enough supplies to get through the next year, that it would give the citizens of our northern sister more time to cool down before we renegotiated. My father stressed they needed our crop trade more than we needed their medical. All in all I was just wasting my words on persuasion, so I focused on the paperwork; spending an entire week in that little office processing this and counting that left me about ready to crawl out of my own skin.

There are those bred to be bureaucrats, filling forms and correlating with glee, and there are those who were born to run free. I was not built to be caged.

Taking a step into the crowd there was no pull of pain in my legs even in the low sling back black heels I had borrowed from Zoe’s closet. Every heel toe became a silent testament of my broken chains.

One drew my attention immediately. A tall slender blonde in her late twenties, bright hazel eyes gleaming as she laughed at a joke from the man next to her.

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