Ignite the Stars by Maura Milan

Author:Maura Milan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Published: 2018-09-05T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 29

IA

HER FIRST CLASS wasn’t until after lunch period, so Ia spent the morning on her bed watching Brinn talk to Faren about discovering one of their Tawny traits. She envied Brinn at that moment, being able to talk to her brother whenever she felt like it. It was an everyday act, something people thought nothing of until it was no longer possible.

It had been a while since she’d contacted Einn, and she was starting to feel his absence, as though her connection to the outside world was fading away. She could demand to use Brinn’s holowatch again, even threaten to tell her secret if she wanted to. But the more she got to know Tarver, the guiltier Ia felt about getting Brinn tangled in her own plans.

Brinn was in the middle of saying goodbye when Ia called across the room. “Tell him I hope he gets better.”

Brinn swiped the screen into the center of the room. “You can tell him yourself.”

Ia had heard a lot about him from Brinn, even overheard them on the streams with each other in the past, but this was the very first time Ia has ever seen him. Faren waved at her on the screen. His eyes were bloodshot, but his face now bore no bruises, only the faint mark of a cut across his nose. Ia sat up, a smile somehow painted across her face. “Hi, Faren. You look well. Strong.”

“I still feel awful,” Faren said, drawing out a slow laugh. He didn’t have enough strength, but his eyes focused on hers. The next words he said slowly but surely. “Thank you, Ia, for looking after my sister.”

Brinn motioned for the screen, and it returned to her side of the room. “Bye, Faren. Miss you.”

With Faren gone, the two of them were left. After a few minutes, Brinn swiveled around and stared at her expectantly. “Why haven’t you made fun of me yet?”

Ia shifted in her bed. Brinn was right. She loved poking fun at Tarver, mainly because getting under her skin was so easy. But seeing her joke around with Faren, Ia remembered there was another person she liked to tease, and she immediately grew somber.

“You miss him, don’t you?” Brinn asked. “Your brother.”

“So you can read minds now?” Ia bristled.

“No, I can just tell,” Brinn said, her eyes studying her roommate.

“I do,” Ia admitted. Einn was her anchor. She felt lost, as though she had been washed away without him.

Brinn opened her mouth as if she was going to say something.

“What?” Ia asked.

Brinn played at the hem of her sleeve. “Well, do you want to talk to him again?”

Her question caught Ia off guard. She’d never thought Brinn would offer. The answer was stuck inside her throat, so she nodded, speechless.

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