Jamb: by Misty Provencher

Author:Misty Provencher [Provencher, Misty]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Coming of Age, Paranormal & Urban, Teen & Young Adult
ISBN: 1482684721
Amazon: B00BMW8D5O
Publisher: Cornerstone Publishing, LLC
Published: 2013-02-26T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

Only six days pass and hotel life starts to feel like I’m living inside a tight sweater.

Brandon is pretty much healed, but he’s different. He stays in his mom’s suite unless she kicks him out, and then he walks the perimeter of the courtyard like he’s prowling for a missing limb. There’s been no sign of Mark.

Zaneen decided to come and stay in my suite because it was a drag staying with her dad. It’s okay, having her stay with me, but it’s still a little awkward. We don’t have a lot to talk about, so we usually end up talking about what happened with Addo Chad. Sometimes Milo. We stay away from talking about Garrett completely.

Iris comes to play whenever Mrs. Reese isn’t guarding or sleeping and Garrett stays late and shows up early, so he can get away from Milo. I like it because this way, Garrett’s only gone while I’m sleeping. Deeta is like a sheep herder, tracking Milo whenever he shows his face in the courtyard and trying to get him off in her room, alone, “to write”.

Uh huh.

Milo spends a lot of time hiding from Deeta.

I’ve been on guard for the Addo twice, but guarding the Addo is more like hanging out at the neighborhood Kool Aid house. Instead of going through the courtyard door that the Addo used for the Totus, we get to him by using the conjoined doors that allow movement from suite to suite without ever entering the courtyard. We go from my suite, through Sean and Teagan’s, pass through Mrs. Reese’s and into Freddie’s room. Although we pass through everyone’s hallways, locking the doors behind us as we go, it’s still creepy and feels like we’re criminals, scuttling through. We mainly try to stay hidden just because we don’t want to get stuck talking to Sean and Teagan. They’re still grumpy and Grace is still adorable.

Once we make it to Freddie’s, it’s just hallways to the Addo’s door. Garrett and I sit with the Addo when it’s our turn to be on watch. It’s not like we get to be alone, together. Addo wants to hear gossip and eat cookies.

And, Sean’s hope that my Tralate abilities would tell us something doesn’t work either. We keep a dictionary open on the coffee table in Freddie’s living room and a smaller one in the Addo’s apartment. No one attacks and the words stay on the page.

Mrs. Reese doesn’t look any better, maybe even a little worse, with rings of darkness that never fade anymore from beneath her eyes. We only see Freddie when he reports to Mrs. Reese. There’s been no word about Nok or Trig or Van, but the Curas have finally begun to settle a tiny bit. I’ve talked to a few Contego in the gym, but it’s only hellos or Was that your floor cooking whatever I smelled in the courtyard this morning? There’s a lot of talk about food, but at least the Curas are starting to talk.

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