Enigma (Schrodinger’s Consortium) by Tonya Kuper

Author:Tonya Kuper
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: jennifer armentrout, Science Fiction, Superhero, superpowers, brother's best friend, rescue mission
ISBN: 9781633750050
Amazon: 1633750051
Publisher: Entangled: Teen
Published: 2017-07-03T00:00:00+00:00

12.

Josie

We walked in silence downstairs to my mom’s room. Cohen followed us, saying Harrison asked him to care for Eli. If anyone was going to hang with my little brother besides me or Reid, it would’ve been Cohen.

I couldn’t believe I’d gotten everyone to agree to the plan for the trap. Well, they weren’t trying to stop me, anyway. Reid clearly wasn’t excited about it, but that was because he cared about me. And that turned my insides to goo.

Harrison let us in, and Eli immediately came at me with a hug. I snuggled him in, ruffling his hair. Mom’s lips turned the faintest bit upward as she watched us. That was not her norm—not for the last two years, anyway. She didn’t approach me with open arms like my little brother had, but I didn’t expect her to. The barely there smile was enough for me.

“Eli is going to get a tour from Cohen while we have a little meeting,” Mom said, “but he wanted to see you first.”

“I want to see you, too, buddy. You doing okay?”

He shrugged, his bangs flopping across his forehead. “Yeah, I guess. It’s been really weird. Like, something-from-one-of-my-video-games kind of weird.”

I nodded and Mom let out a short laugh.

Cohen leaned out from behind me so Eli could see him better. “Hey, I’m here to show someone a good time. Oh, I mean take you on a tour of this compound.” Eli grinned.

After a quick reintroduction, Eli seemed comfortable with Cohen, especially when Cohen mentioned the garage and a secret spring where they went swimming sometimes.

Eli hugged me again on his way to the door. I didn’t want him to go. He’d already been impersonated and I didn’t want anything else to happen. Movement out of the corner of my eye caught my attention—Cohen beckoning me with a wave. He closed the distance between us and gently laid his giant hand on my shoulder. “Don’t worry. I won’t take my eyes off him and I’ll protect him with my life. Growing up, Reid was like my brother in the Hub, and I always heard about your family. He cares about you guys. I’ll treat you like my own family. Promise.”

In less than two days, Cohen had proven himself trustworthy and I believed him, that he would take care of my brother. The anxiety building inside me calmed. “Thank you, Cohen.”

When Eli and Cohen left, they took the easiness and smiles with them.

“We ordered brunch. Let’s eat and get started,” my mom suggested on her way to the table.

We filled our plates with bagels, fruit, and bacon, poured coffee or juice, then sat around the small table. Mom opened her laptop. She wasn’t wasting time.

“While she pulls that up,” Harrison said, “we’ve yet to hear from Vice President Brown directly. We don’t know his whereabouts, and the Council doesn’t seem to be as concerned about this as Meg and I are. We want to make sure both he and the enhancing serum are safe.” He glanced to Mom then grabbed his coffee cup.

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