Once We Were by Kat Zhang

Author:Kat Zhang
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2013-09-16T22:00:00+00:00

TWENTY

When we reconvened in the attic the next day and Sabine asked for our decisions, everyone else answered first.

Jackson and Vince. That knifing smile. Yes.

Cordelia and Katy. A solemnity. A series of quick, fluttering blinks. Yes.

Sabine and Josie. Smiling. Gentle. Already turning to the next person in the room. Yes.

Christoph. A sharp nod. Yes.

Devon and Ryan. A long, long pause, in which their eyes focused on nothing. Then, voice low. Yes.

I could feel the others’ quiet relief, read it in their shoulders. All eyes were on Addie and me now.

<Addie?> I said, but Addie said nothing.

So I thought of Jaime. I thought of Kitty and Nina and Cal and Eli and Bridget and the girl with the silver-blond hair and the boy with the face full of freckles and all the other children who’d sat with us wearing Nornand blue.

I thought of Mr. Conivent.

Of Jenson.

Of Lissa and Hally in the basement, twisting in the grip of a nurse while another prepped a syringe.

“Yes,” I said. I didn’t whisper. I didn’t let our voice waver or tremble. “Yes, we’re in.”

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