Staying Dead by Laura Anne Gilman

Author:Laura Anne Gilman
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
ISBN: 9781552544860
Publisher: Luna
Published: 2004-01-07T10:00:00+00:00

Back out on the street, Wren turned to say something pointed to her partner about dragging a poor defenseless lonejack out into the middle of chaos and then never actually talking about what he wanted to say, but the moment she opened her mouth her body betrayed her with a huge, jaw-cracking yawn. Great. Of all the times for her rush rush panic crash lifestyle to catch up with her.

“Go to bed, Wren.” Sergei didn’t look much better than she felt. His face was always lean, but now it looked drawn, and his skin tone had an ashy tint to it, even discounting the street-lamp lighting.

“You okay?”

“I’ll be fine. I just need a full night’s sleep and a few sales to keep the artists from whining at me.”

She laughed, as she was supposed to. “There’s still this conversation we were supposed to have—”

“Later.” He was too determined not to talk about it, after dragging her out to talk about it in the first place. The fight had put walls up between them, somehow, and she didn’t know how to pull them down, or even if she should, right now.

“Sergei…” Something told her that this was important, maybe even more important than the job, but he moved his hand so that his thumb covered her mouth, gently silencing her.

“You need sleep. Focus on the job.” He hesitated, then reached out and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, his hand resting on the side of her face. “Everything can wait until that’s done.”

He refused to talk about it any further, seeing her onto the subway heading downtown, standing on the platform watching as the train pulled away.

She trusted him. What other choice did she have?

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