Colors by Olivia Arndt

Author:Olivia Arndt [Arndt, Olivia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Olivia Arndt
Published: 2020-10-16T05:00:00+00:00

The next day, I went home despite how much I wanted to stay. I had found a family in Asher and Mary. They seemed to have so little, yet still managed to see the good in everything. As I walked the streets I had gotten so used to seeing, a pang of sadness hit me. How long would this place last? With all of these rules would these streets ever be walked again?

I turned the corner and arrived back on the streets of my neighborhood. I was surprised at how much I was going to miss seeing Asher and his mother every day. Even if the town was run down, and the air conditions were horrible, that place felt more like a home than anywhere else I had lived after my dad left.

I unlocked my apartment’s door and stepped inside the halls that seemed so stranger to me now. Mary wasn’t in the living room or kitchen waiting for me, and Asher. Oh, Asher! I raced into the bathroom, excitement coursing through me. I wondered what the symbol under my ear looked like, was it different for lower-ranked Standards? Maybe he even took the symbol of Opulent from his mother! I pushed my hair out of the way and blinked in shock. A symbol I had never seen before in black ink like his was marked underneath my left ear. It was a jagged X, which I assumed meant he was a lower-ranked Standard because the symbol for Opulent was a wine glass. It was a little scary looking, I suppose X’s just gave off that effect. All the same, I smiled. Everything felt so right when I was with Asher, giving me more faith in Lieu’s system than ever. They never make mistakes, therefore I needed to watch out for the Insiders.

I sat on my couch, and just as I was in the middle of doing my homework, a broadcast appeared on my TV. I immediately perked up, eager to hear what they were announcing.

“Greetings citizens of Lieu,” the Official began, looking rather grim. “I have very unfortunate news that may concern your safety, but I can assure you that we are doing all that we can to stop this newfound threat. It is with great sorrow that we must inform you of a horrible accident. It seems that a Fugitive has somehow gotten past the brand and the war. How this scoundrel has survived is beyond our knowledge. If you see anyone acting suspicious or giving you any reason to doubt their word, please bring them in for questioning immediately. The Fugitive that has somehow survived, was found guilty for the murder of his father at eight, and served five years of jail time, with three in the war. He escaped at sixteen and was thought to be dead until now. These suspicions come from a picture a Sentinel got of him walking around a Standard neighborhood. His name is Griffin James Chainbreaker and is extremely dangerous, we have reason to believe that he is aiding the Insiders in their rebellion.

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