CRAVE (Exiled Book 2) by Victoria Danann

Author:Victoria Danann [Danann, Victoria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: 7th House, Imprint of Andromeda LLC
Published: 2016-05-19T22:00:00+00:00

Flora never left a job to someone else when she could do it herself. Free said someone she could trust. Well, who could she trust more than herself? No one.

She hadn’t ridden a bike in a long time, but she was fairly sure she still knew how to do it. She marched into the Bike Barn.

Gris said, “Flora. You don’t come ‘round often. What do you need?”

She pointed at a bike. “That one running?”

“Yeah. Why?”

“Because I need a ride.”

“Wait a minute.”

“Wait yourself. I’m on an errand for the Extant.”

That was just about the only thing she could have said that would cause Gris to back away. “You sure you know how to ride?”

“You remember how to suck your mother’s tit?” she spat as she straddled the bike and started it.

“You’re going to ride without leathers?”

“No time,” she said, and she sped away like she’d been riding every day of her life with no intermissions.

She raced down the mountain, through the valley suburbs, or what had been the valley suburbs at one time, feeling lighthearted and youthful about what it meant to have Crave back, body and mind. She pulled into town center hoping she’d find Charming quickly. He hadn’t been mentioned, but she knew something about taking initiative. After all, she’d almost single-handedly kept an entire Colony healthy for a generation.

She took it as confirmation that Fate was with her when she spotted Charming right away, as soon as the park came into view. He was bent over a table of plans with Red. Both Charming and the master builder looked up. It would have been hard to say their surprise was due to having someone ride over the grass right up to the table where they were working, or whether it was because that someone was Flora. On a bike. By herself.

A small line formed almost immediately between Charming’s brows. It was a shame that, in his young life, he’d already decided that something out of the ordinary meant bad news.

“What’s happened?” he asked, straight to the point.

“Your brother’s memory is back.” To Red she said, “Keep it quiet. The family needs some time to sort things through.” To Charming she said, “You go home. I’ll get Dr. Reising.”

Charming’s jaw had set firm, like he was controlling emotion. He nodded with a jerk and stomped toward his motorcycle without another word.

Twenty minutes later he was opening the front door of the Extant’s house. After stepping inside and closing the door, he stood still for a minute, listening to quiet voices coming from the kitchen. A part of him wanted to rush in. Another part wanted to turn and go. He took a deep breath and marched forward, determined to handle what needed to be handled.

Crave was sitting at the end of the table, their parents on either side of him. All three looked up when he entered the room.

In spite of everything, Crave managed a little smile for his brother. Charming grinned in response and braced for the hug he could see was coming his way.

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