Elements of the Enemy (Alliance Society Book 1) by C.J. Felver

Author:C.J. Felver [Felver, C.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-07-23T16:00:00+00:00

Strings

Inside, Lyza is straddling the back of a chair, her elbow propped on the counter, as Zander finishes cleaning her up. First-aid supplies are strewn across the counter and out on the small kitchen table: an array of gauze pads, steri strips, medical tape, rubbing alcohol and tweezers.

There’s another chair in front of Lyza, holding her propped-up phone with Reese on the screen. Her expression is grim. I hold in my sigh, not wanting to upset Lyza any more than necessary. This is exactly what I wanted to avoid. Reese is going to insist on being involved now that someone got hurt. Lyza catches my eye and gives me the look—the one that says I’m being dramatic—but follows it up with an apologetic look. I try to rein in my frustration, knowing we decided to tell Reese to keep her safe, but now I’m wondering if that was the right choice.

“What the hell are you two getting into that Lyza fucking got shot?” Reese asks, her voice sharp, dripping with irritation. Yikes. It takes a lot to ruffle her feathers.

“Uh, well, that’s AGAS for you,” I say, not wanting to get into it right now.

“You knew too much and they were trying to kill you?” she guesses, but it’s a rhetorical question. “Will they try to kill me too?”

Good question. Because that’s exactly what I’ve been worried about. “Nah, you should be good. There’s no reason they should come after you.” Or I hope anyway. She wasn’t involved, so there’s no reason to think they would.

“Motherfucker!” Lyza’s shout interrupts my thoughts. Looking over at her, Wren’s picking something out of her wound with the tweezers.

I pat her leg, trying to soothe her. “You’ll be alright. I’m sure this can’t hurt any worse than actually getting shot did.”

Her nostrils flare. “I must have been high on an adrenaline rush at the time, because this hurts like a bitch.”

I’m pretty sure Reese snickers over the video call, but she covers it up with coughing. Way to be subtle, lady.

“Laugh all you want,” Lyza tells her through clenched teeth. “This is going to leave a badass scar.”

I guess that’s one way to look at it.

“So,” I say, turning my attention back to Reese, “you found something out?”

“Yeah, actually,” Reese says. “Do you pay attention to the news at all?”

A chuckle comes from Lyza. “Girl, if you only knew what we’ve been through over the last few days.”

“I would know, if either of you bothered to tell me,” she barks.

Touché.

“We haven’t exactly had time to watch the news. Why?” I ask.

“Well, the elementals’ rights trial reached a decision the other day. They aired the results yesterday,” Reese says.

Lyza moves to sit forward, but Wren stops her with a hand to her good shoulder.

“So, are you going to tell us or what?” I ask.

“Well, that’s the thing,” Reese begins, “they are giving us our rights, but there are strings attached—stipulations.”

What is that supposed to mean?

Wait … stipulations like registration? Aulder said something about this. What

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