Elites: The Supers of Project 12 by Angel Lawson

Author:Angel Lawson [lawson, Angel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-03-18T16:00:00+00:00

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“I can’t believe I didn’t think of it sooner.” The garage lights up when she flips the switch by the door. “I was just so distracted by…everything, you know?”

Atticus did have security for everything. The house, the gym and his vehicles; especially the van that they took on missions. Jensen’s team had gone over it carefully and returned it a few days ago. Astrid had Quinn drive it into the garage and she’d forgotten about it, overwhelmed by running the gym, planning a funeral, and getting used to having a partner.

“It’s been a busy week.” Quinn opens the sliding door. A wave of noxious odor rolls out. “It’s okay to let a few things slip by.”

Is it, though? The blood stains on the front seat tell a different story. As the body count surrounding Astrid grows, she’s not so sure, and when Quinn brushes past her leaving a wake of heat, she feels the warring conflict of her mind over her body. He squats in the van and looks at the blood on the floor and then back up at her.

“Why don’t you let me do this?” he says. “You go take a break. A nap, whatever.”

Normally she’d fight, but the coppery scent is more than she can handle. “I’m going to get some fresh air.”

“Good idea.”

She heads straight for the back door and out into the sunny but cool afternoon light. Atticus believed in the power of fitness and health, much like Quinn. He loathed her soda addiction, but since that and being a huge slob were her only vices, he let it slide. Astrid chokes back a sob, knowing her life is irrevocably changed and today is just the first day of a new adventure.

Even with Quinn in her life and the hope that some of the other Project 12 members survived, she feels utterly alone.

She walks down the sidewalk, into the park connected to the University. It’s a fabulous greenspace tucked in the hustle of her urban city. The cement road fades into a gravel path and Astrid heads toward the lake.

She stops near a cluster of rocks and sits down, eyes scanning the water. Movement, brown on spindly legs, catches her attention. Two deer wade through the marshy edge across the small lake, nibbling at the grass.

Footsteps catch her attention, along with the scent of fall leaves and bonfire. Astrid doesn’t move but feels the person standing close to her.

“Oh good, I got here in time,” the guy says, and she glances over. She can only see the sharp line of his profile peeking out from the edge of an oversized hat with flaps that cover his ears. His hands are stuffed in the front pouch of his brown and green-striped hoodie.

She looks back at the deer and is surprised to see a third wobble through the grass. A fawn, brown with a hint of white under its neck.

“Look,” she says, without thinking. The tiny bit of nature in the middle of a sprawling city brings out a bit of glee.

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