Spark Rising by Kate Corcino

Author:Kate Corcino [Corcino, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Science Fiction, Romance, Dystopia, Fantasy, Paranormal, Post-Apocalyptic, Adventure, Mystery
Published: 2014-12-13T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

When Reyes came for Lena in the morning, she was up and almost ready. Last night, Thomas had warned her that she’d have a full day of lessons, both as student and instructor. She’d already eaten her second round of breakfast in twelve hours. When Alex knocked and entered, she rose from her chair. He stood inside the door as she bent to tug on her boots.

“Did you enjoy dinner last night?” He kept his voice bland.

She straightened up. Yes, he was amused. He’d already been to see Thomas.

She marched up to him, planted her hands on her hips, and tilted her head back. “You could have told me, Reyes.”

His lips twitched, and his eyes sparked with humor, but he mostly managed to keep from laughing. “First, enough with this ‘Reyes’ garbage. If you can call Jackson by his name, you can use mine. Second…” He paused, clearly trying a little harder not to laugh. “That is not the kind of thing you’d have wanted to hear from me of all people.”

“Is that right?”

“Yes. It is right.” He was laughing. “Pretty sure the last thing you want to hear from the guy who ruined your life is that you’re irresistible.”

“Irresistible.” Lena crossed her arms over her chest and shook her head. “Ha. I remember you resisting just fine when you thought I was propositioning you back in the safe house. And you could have mentioned it then. Or when I started glowing and we were discussing my power.”

The smile faded from his face. He cocked his head. “My ribs were broken. And I could not have mentioned it then. That glow was almost my undoing.”

She pulled away a little at the intensity in his face. Her breath caught.

Then Reyes blinked, and it was gone. He tilted his head back and smiled again. “We never did find out what caused that, did we?” The question was light. “Remind me to ask Sam if he knows.”

She reminded herself to breathe. “Sam?”

She was willing to be distracted. She had managed to convince herself that Reyes was nothing more than the weapon he’d made of himself. She was pretty sure it wasn’t safe to do otherwise.

“Mm hm. That’s who we’re going to see. If you’re ready?”

As Lena preceded him out the door, she could have sworn he made a small sound of frustration, or perhaps relief. When she turned back to him in the hallway, he was all business. He led her back the way she’d gone with Thomas the night before, making light conversation the whole way, telling her about the repairs to the damage she’d caused to the Council building and the ongoing search for her in and around Azcon.

They crossed into the atrium again, and the sunlight dazzled her. She looked longingly out at the garden, but Reyes…Alex…crossed the atrium lobby and through a locked entry point into a corridor behind it.

The corridor here was unlike any other in the fort. Thick, wall-to-wall carpeting stretched from one end of the floor to the other.

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