Hero's Call (Hero Chronicles Book 1) by Ben Mariner

Author:Ben Mariner [Mariner, Ben]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-10-21T04:00:00+00:00

Later that night, Milo lay in his room taking some time to decompress after a long day that was just as mentally taxing as it was physically. He’d had four helpings at dinner which his mother had made sure to make extra of just for him. After dinner he’d eaten, he took a shower to wash the day’s events away. He hadn’t sweat much, but he felt dirty all the same. Cali had survived unscathed from his blast, but the memory of it still ate at his conscience. He resented Seven for putting him through it, but at the same time, he understood exactly what the An’Fari was trying to do. That didn’t make it all right. There had to have been a different way.

Milo put on some music and flopped onto his bed in his boxers to relax a little before turning out the lights. He put his hands behind his head and looked up at one of the posters of Britney Spears on his wall. Her soft southern smile had always eased his mind somehow, as if she was saying everything is okay when you’re with me, Milo. He couldn’t help but notice how the cement feeling in his stomach had lessened considerably. It now felt like he’d simply gone to an all-you-can-eat buffet and had eaten far, far too much. It was a welcome change. He still feared of hurting someone again like he’d done to Devon, but not as much now that he knew he was getting control of the power.

Milo could feel his eyelids getting heavy, forcing themselves down to induce the sweet blissful peace of sleep. Before he could fall completely asleep, a knock came at his door, and Milo sat bolt upright in surprise. He rolled off his bed and walked to the bedroom door. His sleepy state had made him forget about the fact that he was only in his boxers. He swung open the door to find no one standing in the hallway. Perplexed, Milo stuck his head out the door and looked up and down the hall. The house was quiet other than the faint din of the television downstairs. No one was insight.

Another knock came which nearly made Milo jump out of his skin. He whirled around to see Cali outside his bedroom window. She blushed and waved innocently at him. Milo walked to the window and lifted it open.

“Uh, hey Cali,” he said dumbly. The fact that his room was on the second floor hadn’t occurred to him until he looked down to see Cali standing on thin air. “Didn’t feel like using the front door?”

“I’m not supposed to be out,” she answered in a whisper.

“Well, well,” said Milo, smiling. “Calliope Bishop breaking the rules. Never thought I’d live to see the day. Everything okay?”

Cali averted her eyes. “I need to talk to you. Do you have a sec?”

“For you, Cali,” Milo told her, “I’ve got two.”

Cali gave him a bemused look. “Put something on, I’m coming inside.”

Milo looked down and suddenly became very aware that he was in nothing but boxer shorts.

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