Califax by Terina Adams

Author:Terina Adams [Adams, Terina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Elva marched the floor of Jax’s apartment, her body wired for a fight. She tossed her hair as she paced back toward us.

“You risked everything taking her to Islia.” She placed the emphasis on her like I was the big problem in this equation; in Elva’s mind, I was a big problem in every equation. “Look at you.” She waved a dismissive hand in his direction. “You’re lucky you’re still alive, but if you do that again, I’m going to kill you myself.” She spun and marched away, her heels smacking on the high polish. We all remained silent as if mesmerized by her forceful stomps. After enough pacing, she swung back to face us. Instead of nullifying, her pacing seemed to have arced her mood. “I could’ve told you the outcome. I did Nuke’s and Patrick’s tattoos.”

“And my wrist is still smarting,” Patrick said.

Elva rolled her eyes and adjusted her weight onto one hip. Like dynamite, I was sure she would explode with the right spark. Jax’s apartment was huge, but with Elva here, the walls inched in closer, the air weighted, too thick to breath. Jax withdrew into himself, staring at the floor, wearing the mask he’d worn many times before.

Only an hour ago, Jax landed our stolen skycraft on the roof of the apartment opposite his own. Apparently, there were a few residents in those apartments who had one of their own, which meant it didn’t look strange to see a skycraft land there. Landing incriminating evidence next door to his apartment felt too close, but Jax assured me they’d have no reason to assume it was him.

“God only knows what’s made its way back to the senate. If the sweeper called in his findings, the senate will know enough.”

I glanced to the sweeper’s belt laying on the low table in front of the sofa. Jax had pulled the EPH device apart and sure enough found one of my hairs placed inside the receptacle. Not only did the sweeper know my true factional nature, but he’d also know I was an alien. And now the senate knew.

“So, we move faster with our plans,” Nuke said.

Elva drilled him to his seat with her stare. “You have no idea how hard it will be to move around Califax if the senate knows about Sable. The city will be in lockdown, apartments searched. There’ll be nowhere safe. I’m not even sure we’ll get into HQ.”

“Perhaps I should return to the fringe.”

There were no words to describe Elva’s expression toward me. Jax finally shifted from his marbleized position, eyes on the floor, to look at me. Nailed by two sets of eyes, I launched to my feet. “It’s as you said, Jax. I need to leave Califax. I will head to the Persal village of Uradra.”

Elva sauntered toward me. With each step she took, I prepared myself for her belittling sarcasm, which sliced in all the right places. I gasped when she gripped my chin hard and wrenched my head to one side.

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