Rise by Sarah Bale

Author:Sarah Bale [Bale, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-07T16:00:00+00:00

Thirteen

Sunlight filters into my bedroom the next morning. Trace is next to me, sleeping peacefully. We stayed up late into the night trying to figure out what in the hell is going on. Spoiler alert – we didn’t come up with shit.

Trace stretches next to me as he wakes up and I smile. He was in his late twenties when he Changed, but right now he looks sweet and innocent.

“Morning.”

“You can still see me?”

I nod. “It’s actually better than yesterday. The blue glow is gone.”

He lifts an eyebrow. “How many fingers am I holding up?”

“Four. Three. Four.”

“Holy crap.” He looks down. “Wish I could see myself.”

“Maybe you should visit the crater,” I joke.

“No way. Not me. I don’t want any part of that alien shit.”

“What makes you think it has anything to do with aliens?”

He snorts. “Literally every superhero movie ever. Something falls from the sky, there’s usually aliens or other planets involved.” He sits. “Hey. What if that’s what this is?”

“Elaborate please.”

“We can’t really believe we’re the only ones like this in the universe. Maybe someone out there started the Changing and is collecting people now.”

This time I laugh. “Sure, Trace. That makes perfect sense. Next, you’ll be telling me we have to guard the galaxy.”

He shrugs. “Wouldn’t be the craziest thing I’ve heard.”

The part that bothers me the most is he’s right.

“Have you decided if you’re going to tell Marble?”

“No fucking way. He’ll personally escort me to the treatment facility.” I shudder. “Can you imagine what they’ll do to me if they know I’m Changing again? And that a red glowing crater made me have a vision and, I assume because of that, I can see you now.”

“Yeah, that won’t go over well.” He pauses. “What are you going to do?”

“Blot mentioned that he knows where Doc is. I was thinking about paying him a visit today and seeing if he’ll talk.”

Trace sits. “Let me come with you.”

“Trace-”

“I mean it. Blot doesn’t answer to anyone. He’s not good.”

I sigh. “Are any of us good?”

“You know what I mean, Alpha.”

“Fine. Let’s hope that code still works on the watches.”

“What? We’re going now?”

“Have a better time in mind? Doc’s been missing for almost a week now. There’s no telling what’s happened to him. And now Ink is gone. I don’t like this.”

Trace sighs. “You’re right. Let me shower and then I’m ready to go.”

He goes to the guest bathroom while I get ready in my bathroom. When we meet in the living room, I can see him clear as day. He was wrong about his protective suit. It’s actually a light blue, so he doesn’t look nude, which is good. I’m not sure if I could handle walking around with him if he looked naked.

“It freaks me out being able to see you.”

“Am I that ugly?”

“No. You’re incredibly hot, Trace.” I poke his arm. “You’re a little pale, which is surprising, but other than that you’re a total stud.”

He preens a little. “Good to know I’ve still got it.”

“What was it like?”

He knows what I’m asking because he frowns.

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