Fracture: The Color Alchemist Book Two by Nina Walker

Author:Nina Walker [Walker, Nina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780999287613
Publisher: Addison & Gray Press
Published: 2017-10-18T16:00:00+00:00

10

Jessa

The heart-pounding exertion of combat training still wasn’t enough to take my mind off Lucas. As I walked back toward my room to shower and change, I wiped the perspiration from my neck with a towel, lost in thought. Every heartbeat hurt, my chest filled with a silent dull ache. Was this heartbreak? It was a physical pain, and I couldn’t take it anymore.

Lucas came around the corner, an expression of relief on his face when he saw me. I froze momentarily, then turned and high-tailed it toward my room.

I didn’t even know if Lucas and I had broken up. A huge part of that was my fault. I was avoiding him for fear of what our next conversation would hold. For the last couple of days, anytime I saw him, I turned the other way. I didn’t see the point anymore. The thoughts kept nagging at me. Why go through all the trouble to be together if, in the end, Lucas marries another girl?

The only solution put me right back to why I was in this palace in the first place. If I could help the Resistance take down the current system, then maybe Lucas and I could have a chance. Maybe.

He caught up to me just as I was about to slip into my room and lock the door.

“Jessa, we need to talk.” He sighed. I turned to face him. His expression was guarded and a knowing sadness reflected in his charcoal eyes.

“Look, I really didn’t want to do this,” I said, beating him to the punch. “Your father will never let us be together. And the more we try to defy him, the harder it’s going to be for us.”

He looked away, shutting his eyes for a moment. This was dangerous, for both of us. He shouldn’t be seen with me.

“Jessa, please just let me explain.”

“There’s nothing to explain. I get it, okay? We can’t be together.” I lowered my voice. “Your father is in control, and there’s nothing we can do about it at the moment. He’s made it crystal clear that you can’t date me.”

“I don’t care what he says.”

I peered around, exasperated. Of course there were people everywhere, stopping by their rooms between classes. They watched us curiously. What did he think he was accomplishing here? He was going to get me into trouble. “You should care,” I whispered. “If you want to keep me safe, if you want me to be initiated so I can do what I came here to do, then you should care what he says.”

“I’ll talk to him. I’ll figure something out. I won’t date those women. They mean nothing to me, Jessa. You’re the one I want.”

I reached my hand behind me, gripping the door handle to my room with a tight fist. “While that may be well and true, it doesn’t change the fact that the king forbade you to date me. You shouldn’t be here right now.”

“So that’s it? You just give up that easily?” He leaned back on his heels, his face reddening.

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