Road to Eugenica (Eugenica Chronicles) by A.M. Rose

Author:A.M. Rose [Rose, A.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Entangled, Teen, teen romance, ya, YA romance, science-fiction, alternate dimensions, alternate reality, love triangle, superpowers, best friends to lovers, genetic modification
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2018-02-05T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

We make the drive up the hill and park on the back side. Maddox says that we should leave the car a fair distance away from the sign, right between two different houses so there’s no telling which one we could’ve gone into. The people up here hate tourists and have created a maze of signs that paint a different picture than what’s really here. Fake not a through street signs and arrows leading drivers away line the streets, but we managed our way up just fine by ignoring them all.

We walk the rest of the way up, keeping conversations to a minimum. The wind is the only thing making noise tonight, and here it howls. It whips around and sends chills up my back. If we draw any attention to ourselves, we’re screwed. If we don’t get close enough to the sign, I’ll never know if what I saw is real. And I need to know.

The sun has disappeared from the sky, but there’s still enough light left to illuminate more than a dozen satellite dishes, cell phones, microwave and radio towers used by LAPD, LAFD, and the school district at the top of the hill.

“There.” Maddox points to a tree, his voice close to a whisper. “We can climb over the fence. Wow. The tree’s a lot bigger now. I’ll go first and you two follow.”

Dylan and I exchange a glance. Nervous excitement surges through me, and there seems to be something electric in the air. He steps in front of me. “Are you sure we should be doing this?”

Maddox meets my gaze. “You can trust me. It’s going to be okay.”

I stare at him for a few seconds, his eyes never disengaging from mine. My pulse slows, and it hits me that I do—for whatever weird reason—believe him, and I need to get over that fence. There’s something on the other side I need to find. So much that it almost seems to be calling to me.

Maddox smiles at me before he climbs the tree with ease. I watch each grab he makes, each placement of his feet so I can copy him. He makes his way across the branch without stopping and drops to the other side.

I go next, remembering each move he made. The rough bark digs into my fingers as I climb. This is nothing like the last time I was in a tree at the ropes course. That time I was petrified. My body fought me every step of the way. This time I’m confident, and freezing from the crisp air, but I’m not afraid I’m going to fall, even though the memory is still fresh in my mind. Another gust of wind rushes by, sending my loose hair in my face, tickling my nose, and I shiver as I make my way onto the branch that leads to the other side of the fence.

For a moment, I pause and check out the view. Lights shine so bright they create an unnatural glowing horizon and block out the stars above.

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