Species Traitor: Book One by Mary Kate L

Author:Mary, Kate L.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Twisted Press, LLC
Published: 2020-03-06T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Thousands of people took the mayor’s suggestion and called their local representatives, so that a week later her proposed bill of reducing both rations and electricity to the District passed without a hitch. Everything was cut in half, and even though I couldn’t see how it was affecting the people inside, I heard all about it from my nightly conversations with Ione.

“It’s just awful, Ava,” my cousin was telling me four days after the bill passed.

“Are you okay?” I asked, holding the phone tighter against my ear and closing my eyes, wishing I could be there now to hug her.

I hadn’t been back into the District since the Landing Day disaster, and not being able to see Ione was driving me crazy. Especially when I knew so many new restrictions had been imposed on the people living inside the walls.

“I’m doing okay, but there isn’t enough to go around, not by a long shot. I don’t know what we’re going to do if something doesn’t change. I mean, you’ve been here, you’ve seen how it is. We grow what we can, but with how limited space is, there’s only so much we can do.”

“How is Rye’s family holding up?” It was an innocent question, but I couldn’t help thinking about Finn and wondering if this was fueling his bitterness toward humans or if he’d managed to cling to some of the softness I’d seen the last couple times we were together.

“They’re doing what they can to ration the things we’re given in case it gets worse,” Ione said, “but I can tell it’s wearing on them. Especially Finn’s mom and Rye’s dad.”

“What do they have to do with it?”

“They’re both on the council. You might have seen them on the news when the mayor visited.”

I hadn’t paid attention to any of the men, but right away my mind wandered to the tall Veilorian woman with snowy-blonde hair. Was that why she’d looked familiar? Had she reminded me of Finn? I compared the two in my mind but couldn’t find any real similarities.

“Was she the blonde woman?” I asked.

“No, that’s Anara, the council leader. Finn’s mom was the other woman,” Ione told me.

I thought back, trying to remember what the other woman had looked like, but drew a blank. At the time, I’d been too focused on my mom’s reaction to the Veilorian leader to pay attention to the people with her.

“I didn’t know she was on the council,” I said almost absently, once again wondering why my mom had reacted the way she did.

“She is, and she and the others have been doing everything they can to cooperate with Mayor Waters in hopes of proving they aren’t a threat, but this woman is unbendable.”

“I’m sure,” I muttered as disgust welled up inside me. It happened every time I thought about the new mayor and what she was doing to everyone inside the District. “What about you? Are you getting enough to eat?”

My concern over Ione’s condition had grown with

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.