Eos (The Eos Dawn Series Book 1) by Jen Guberman

Author:Jen Guberman [Guberman, Jen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-10T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINETEEN

I didn’t see Paren for three days. When I finally saw him again, he was sitting alone in his pocket room. His eyes looked sunken in, his face was pale, and his jaw covered in blonde stubble.

“Where have you been?” I asked, stunned when I walked into the bedroom corridor.

“Thinking,” he replied softly, without making eye contact.

“What happened to you?”

“I’ve just been thinking.”

“About?”

“Eos, I killed someone!” he let out in a bellowing yell, turning and looking at me with wild red eyes.

“I know…” I said in a sigh, unsure of how to react.

“I’m a monster,” he said, his eyes welling up as he looked at me with shame.

“No, you aren’t. You were protecting me!” I raised my voice, my eyes wide as I looked back at him with sympathy.

“I could’ve handled it differently. What did they do with his body?” he asked, his voice weak and full of guilt.

“I saw Cromwell carry it off somewhere—I think he brought it to the front gates. And I don’t believe that you could’ve handled it any differently. Do you really think he would’ve stopped any other way?”

Paren thought for a moment. “I guess not. It still doesn’t feel right.”

“I don’t think killing is supposed to feel right,” I said, placing a hand on his back. “Have you had anything to eat since you disappeared?”

“No.”

“Here,” I said, moving to my room and digging under my blanket, retrieving a cup of chocolate pudding. “I was saving it for later, but you missed dinnertime, so I’m going to guess you need this more than I do.”

I tossed him the pudding and he smiled sweetly.

“Thanks.”

That night, I lay awake on my mat, unable to fall asleep. Hours had passed, but all I could do was toss and turn. When I was finally nearing sleep, I heard a familiar voice whisper my name.

“Eos! Wake up!”

“Is she still sleeping?” another voice asked in a raspy whisper.

“She’s moving. Eos! Get up!”

I rolled over, rubbing my eyes as I tried to make out the dark, blurry figures.

“Lamb? Zane?”

“Hey, girl!” Lamb whispered excitedly. “We’re here to bust you out!”

“How did you guys get here?” I asked in disbelief.

“Through the bars!” Lamb said.

There’s no way you fit through those bars,” I said credulously.

“If you time it just right when vehicles enter or exit, you can pass them, section by section,” Zane clarified.

“And no one caught you?”

“It’s nighttime, even the mouth of the cavern is dark right now. We’re wearing all black—they didn’t see a thing!”

“If we’re going to leave, we have to leave now,” Zane urged. “There’s a truck dropping off weekly rations, and they’ll probably be leaving soon.”

Lamb tugged on my arm, trying to help me to my feet.

“Guys, wait, stop,” I said. “I can’t.”

“What do you mean you ‘can’t’?” Zane asked.

“I mean I can’t leave right now. I might have a way to get the Belli—” I started, biting my tongue.

“It’s okay, E, she knows about the Key.”

“I might have a way to get the Bellicose key,” I finished.

“How?” he asked.

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