Burn by Lucy True & Jea Hawkins

Author:Lucy True & Jea Hawkins [True, Lucy]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: dystopian romance, young adult romance, lesbian fiction, lesbian romance
Publisher: Persephone Press
Published: 2021-01-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

When Anna suggested the four of us go to the club after dinner, I couldn’t help but glance at Trevor. Surely that was a dangerous idea with Governor Ellery’s son here. He, however, shrugged and called for his car. His arm was draped across Anna’s shoulders, his fingers dangerously close to her chest, and I wondered how much longer that slinky red dress would stay in place.

Carter glanced at me and I offered a small nod. We could go, sure, but I liked the idea even less with each passing moment.

“I told you all the kids do it,” Anna said when we were in the black car, darkly-tinted windows keeping us from view of the city. “Besides, Trevor will take care of us if we get into any trouble. Won’t you, sweetie?”

“Of course I will, but there won’t be any trouble. She’s right. All the kids go to the club.” Trevor shrugged, looking far more interested in Anna’s cleavage than my concerns.

That attitude was what nearly got us in trouble last time. Maybe it was easy for Anna to brush off last week’s raid, but she hadn’t been the one wedged between a dumpster and a wall, inhaling the odor of garbage while guardsmen with loaded rifles stood mere inches from her hiding spot. No. That’d been all me.

And Vi, the only person willing to stand by me and be completely open with me after all that’d transpired. Even if I could trust Anna, I wasn’t sure I believed anything she said. Not anymore.

For now, I kept my mouth shut and glared out the window. I supposed this was better than going home and listening to Anna tell me about her date with Trevor. Having to answer her questions about mine would have been infinitely worse. Not that she would make it home, anyway. At the rate things were going, she would probably end up somewhere making out with Trevor in the back of this car. Maybe even taking it all the way...

The car didn’t pull up at the same building as the first time we’d gone to the club together, and I balked when I realized how close to the Commonwealth capitol we were from here. Trevor must have noticed my reaction, because he said, “Relax. Clubs come and go and move around. When they get raided, everyone has to pick up and go somewhere else.”

“But that... that...” There was nothing I could say without giving myself away, so I finished with, “that must be so expensive.”

He laughed and squeezed Anna’s shoulder. Everything about the way she was angled toward him showed how much she wanted him, but his demeanor was more relaxed, like he was entitled to her. Like he had already gotten exactly what he wanted.

Something about their interactions didn’t sit well in my stomach and I glanced at Carter. He seemed a little nervous, but excited at the same time, his fists balled on top of his bouncing knees when the driver opened the door.

We

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