Fliers by Laura Mae

Author:Laura Mae [Mae, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781980330677
Published: 2018-03-26T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Silas reminded her of a lost puppy as he stood there alone with a soft, gentle expression. He wasn’t angry, he wasn’t upset, and he wasn’t judging. Sydona bit her lip nervously, unsure of his calm nature toward someone wanting to steal his property. Sydona stood without moving a muscle as she stared at Silas. Giovonna, Willow, and Raoul soon came to her side.

“What?” Sydona said at last.

“Take it.” Silas walked past them and began to build a fire for his food.

“You’re letting us take your car?” Giovonna asked curiously.

“Yep,” he answered while gathering up branches and throwing them into the pit.

The group exchanged worried glances. Sydona tried to talk to him.

“Is there some kind of--catch?” Sydona asked with uncertainty.

“Catch?” Silas stopped what he was doing. “You think there’s a catch to me giving you my car? After I already saved you from bounty hunters, gave you food, and let you rest here? Why would me giving you my truck be any different?”

Sydona felt a sharp pain run up and down her chest at his response. He was right. He had been very helpful so far, and they repaid him by planning to steal his truck. Sydona fought with herself as she tried to think of a better plan to get to Eagle Lake, but this car was the best option they had. Walking was out of the question with Giovonna’s injury, and flying was too risky. There was only one solution left, but Sydona didn’t want to be a thief.

“What if you came with us?” Sydona whispered.

Silas smirked. “What if I came with you?”

Giovonna perked up with bright eyes. “Yeah! You should come with us!”

“Come with you? To a place that wants to use us like lab rats? You’re more delusional than I thought…” Silas broke a thick branch over his knee a couple times.

“You scared?” Willow asked in her booming voice.

“Well--Yeah! You should all be scared,” Silas said angrily.

Of all of the emotions that Sydona had throughout the entire trip, being scared wasn’t even in the top five. She felt anger, disbelief, vengefulness, remorse, and hate--but never scared. It was understandable why it would be an appropriate emotion since he didn’t come from the same background as herself, but it took her a minute to respond.

“You should be angry. Like I am. They--” she choked. A flood of emotions came pouring through her that came from nowhere. “--they made me an orphan when I was nine. Ripped my parents away from me. Tied them up and drugged them and put them in a van. I have been living alone for my entire life, pissed off for what they put me through.” Sydona held back tears as she clenched her fists so tight that her hands shook. Pausing to compose herself, she continued on as the group stood quietly and listened. “Willow--Willow said this is the biggest camp that has ever been assembled with hundreds of fliers there. She’s part of a group of resistance fighters called Sparrows, and they deal with these kinds of things.

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