Dust (Electric Hearts Series Book 1) by SJ Cavaletti

Author:SJ Cavaletti [Cavaletti, SJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Paideia Publishing
Published: 2021-04-05T18:30:00+00:00

It was late. Or early, depending on how you saw it. Officially, it was four hours into the fourth day of Uyu. A slight bit of tipsy remained, sloshing around in my head. Jasmine, Maeve, Koa, and I now warmed up in the comfort of my motorhome.

We didn’t need another drink, unless it was water, but I gave everyone some tonic water with a splash of gin anyway.

Jasmine and Maeve sat on one end of a narrow dining table, lined by a cushioned bench in the kitchen area. We all had to sit on one side as that was the caravan design, so Koa and I sat on the other end.

I watched her. I watched how she moved like a blackbird. Her hair swished, catching any air around it, floating on it. Her lips moved as if every word was a song.

“Bra,” Koa snapped me out of my daydream, or maybe it was a night dream—it was dark outside, after all. “I’m going to hit the sack. This boy is tired.”

“Long days,” I said.

“Yup. And long nights, too.”

Jasmine noticed Koa making a move. “You going, K?”

“Mmmm.”

“Oh, I should head out as well,” she said to Maeve, her new bestie. “I’m going to the women-only cycle tomorrow. Wanna come with me?”

I smiled to myself thinking about my little sister, making friends.

“I totally want to do that!” Maeve said, that whimsical enthusiasm returning.

“Awesome.” Jasmine stood and hugged Maeve, then pulled back to say, “See you tomorrow. It starts from G and January at two p.m. It might be hard to see each other in the crowd, so if we don’t see each other early on, just wait until everyone bikes off. We can go last.”

“It’s a plan,” Maeve said, hugging her again.

For the slightest moment, I wished I would go with them. Even though it was women only. Then I remembered I needed time to write this song. I only had three more days. And time was condensed here at Uyu. Hours passed as minutes and minutes as seconds. I knew it wouldn’t be long before we’d be at that clock tower together on Saturday.

Koa and Jasmine closed the door behind them. El, still out with the others, meant that for the first time since meeting, Maeve and I were totally alone and not in public.

I slid down the length of the bench to sit next to her. “Did you have fun tonight?”

“Yeah. Actually, I think wearing this,” she grasped at the red leotard, but the fabric was impossibly tight so she grasped at nothing, “kinda brought out my alter ego.”

She spoke slowly, smiling, eyes heavy with gin and joy.

“So what do you call your alter ego then?” I asked. “Should we name her?”

She smiled. “Okay. Hmmm?”

She put her finger on her cheek and thought. She was adorable, so goddamn adorable. The preoccupation of life, of her dad, was now completely gone. She seemed so innocent.

“How about…” I slid a little closer, “how about ‘Dark Fairy?’”

“Dark Fairy? Mmm. I kinda like that.”

“It’s how I thought of you before I knew your name that first time I saw you at Magpie.

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