Renegade: A Young Adult Dystopian by Mallory McCartney

Author:Mallory McCartney [McCartney, Mallory]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781621357797
Publisher: Clean Reads
Published: 2018-08-18T06:00:00+00:00

When they made it back to the Academy, the sun had started to dip into the horizon, the tinges of dusk painting the sky in a brilliant array of colors. He paused for a moment, taking in the Academy, the courtyard, the hive of a school that had been his home. Marquis brushed past him, shooting him a raised eyebrow before making his way back. He sighed, knowing he should have explained more of what had happened, of how he was feeling.

A tightness constricted through his chest, and he took a step forward the words forming on his tongue, wanting to call the prince back, before that clear voice rang out to him.

“Adair!” Emory threw herself from the rock ledge that was their spot, flying down the hill toward him. She barely glanced at Marquis as she ran by. Her ebony hair was unbound, and she wore a long black jacket and loose pants. Her tied up boots smacked against the ground hard, and she was breathless as she came to the forest’s edge. “I’m so glad you’re okay.” Tinges of pink blossomed across her cheekbones as she searched his face, her mouth frowning delicately at his wounds and dried blood.

Closing his mouth, he looked at Emory. Usually his pulse would race being this close, the endless possibilities of them dancing on his imagination. Brushing by her, he started the climb back to his room, and some much needed sleep.

“Hey, Adair!” She grabbed his hand, pulling him back to face her. Worry crinkled lines at the edge of her eyes as she croaked, “Where have you been?” Shrugging out of her grip, he buried his hands deep in his jacket pockets. His mouth felt dry, and he looked at her, truly looked at her, and he couldn’t muster any words. The silence dragged between them, becoming more uncomfortable with every second. “Adair, say something.”

“I have to go.” The words escaped him clipped and dry, and turning his back he could practically feel her bouncing after him.

“Adair, talk to me.”

Spinning around, he snarled, “About what, Emory? What do you want to talk to the traitor’s son about? How your future is brimming with promise and mine... mine is... ” he sputtered, feeling heat rush up through him.

Hurt flashed across her face as she spat, “I can’t choose my family any more than you can! I have been worried about you! You haven’t stopped for a second to think that I have possibly come to explain myself? To apologize? That I haven’t been waiting for hours?”

He ran a bloodied hand through his hair, his heart pounding viciously against his chest. “No. You were perfectly clear before.”

With narrowed eyes, she jabbed a finger at his chest. “You listen to me, Adair Stratton. I am sorry for what my dad told me, but I can’t control what is happening in this world! We are surrounded by things that don’t make sense, surrounded by secrets and lies and darkness and now a potential war! But after you left, I talked to my dad, and I will not go through this without you beside me.

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