Eden by C J Singh

Author:C J Singh [Singh, C J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fever Press
Published: 2021-02-11T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 33

Jace

I yawned, rubbing my eyes. It was almost time for me to wake Brian. Growing up, I had read adventure books in which people say they will take watch, and it always sounded exciting, but this was definitely not. The fight to stay awake was a battle I never liked to lose.

Light footsteps had me turning back to where the others slept. Eden. Her apricot hair glowed in the moonlight, giving it a golden shade. She stretched and sat on the small stump next to me.

“It’s not your turn. Brian’s next. Why don’t you sleep?” I eyed her as she watched the dark woods calmly.

“Can’t.”

Turning back to the woods, I looked out again to see nothing but the dark shapes of trees.

“What’s the city like?” Eden asked.

“Umm...” Not sure what to tell her since I was never the most willing of citizens. “Strict.”

“Strict?”

“Yeah.” I sighed. “Zane, the president. He’s an ass.”

“You know him?” She looked over at me.

I nodded. “Unfortunately.”

“Wow. Does everyone know him?”

I laughed at her naiveté. “No. If you’re smart, then you try not to know him. He is a slimy man.”

“Then, how do you?”

I pulled in a breath of cool, damp night air. How did this conversation turn to be about me? Wringing my hands, I looked back to make sure it was just us and saw Brian and Tristan still asleep on their blankets. I looked back at her. “My father.”

She blinked. “Your father.” I nodded slowly, watching her eyebrows rise. “And your father is...”

“Nobody.” I looked forward again, clenching my jaw, but I felt the heaviness of her gaze on my face. Crap. I needed to learn to keep my mouth shut.

“Obviously, he’s not a nobody if he knows the president enough to where you met him.”

“Look, Eden”—I pinched the bridge of my nose—“my family life, it sucked. I really don’t want to talk about it.”

“All right.” She looked forward again. “But just tell me who your father is?”

“Aghh,” I hissed, then glanced back nervous I had woken the others. They both continued to sleep. “David. His name is David and he’s”—she watches me expectedly—“he’s the head of research in the city.”

“Head of research?” Her whisper was so loud I swear the scourge stirred from where it lay.

“Shhhh! Keep it down. I don’t like to advertise my lineage if I don’t have to.”

“Jace, you understand what this means, right?”

I opened my mouth to speak but closed it when I realized I had no idea what was going through her head. “Ah, no?”

She scooted her body to face me, leaned forward, and put her hand gently on my forearm. “It means we can go to the city together and tell them how to cure this whole thing, and all will be well with the world.”

“You’re joking, right?”

She shook her head.

“Eden.” I rested my hand on top of hers, ignoring the warm sparks that moved through my fingers. “Don’t take this the wrong way, but that is the most outrageous thing I have heard anyone say.

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