Tall, Dark Streak of Lightning (The Dark Lightning Trilogy) by J. M. Richards

Author:J. M. Richards [Richards, J. M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-05-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

“A woman uses her intelligence

to find reasons to support her intuition.”

—G. K. Chesterton

I didn’t hear the news until the day I got back. Almost the minute I got off the plane Jill was flagging me down. As I waited for my luggage at the baggage claim, she told me she had Big News. “Do you want me to just spill it, here and now,” she asked, “or get you home and let you experience it unfolding properly like the rest of us did?”

I had absolutely no idea what she was talking about, so as my olive green cargo bag emerged, I heaved it onto my shoulder with a grunt and said, “Just tell me!”

“Okay, but let’s at least get to the car,” she said.

I rolled my eyes. After what seemed like an endless flight, with no less than three wailing children (translation: no sleep for Anna), two connections, and six bathroom trips, I was ready to collapse. I was pretty sure whatever her big news was, it probably didn’t concern me much and could even keep until after I’d gotten a decent night’s sleep.

But after she deposited my bag in the trunk and saw us both buckled into her car, she drew a deep breath. “Okay,” she said. “Two weeks ago, it was all over the news.”

“What was?” I yawned.

“They revealed Dark Lightning’s identity.”

There were several seconds of silence as my friend’s announcement slowly penetrated my fuzzy, sleep-deprived brain. Still, even as it sunk in, all I could manage in response was, “What?”

“I’ll show you the press conference,” she told me as we made our way back to campus. “I recorded it for you. The police department was there and everything. It was very official.”

“So…” I seemed to be having trouble processing the concept. “He just…told everyone who he was? He gave up his secret identity?”

“Yep.”

I felt my heart begin to pound. “And…who was it?” I asked carefully, already picturing the black ski mask being pulled off to reveal Davin’s face.

But to my surprise, Jill shrugged. “I don’t know. Some guy, I forget his name. He’s cute, though. Well, you’ll see.”

I rode silently the rest of the way back to Dubsy, while Jill prattled and filled me in on all the latest tidbits. I was in a stupor; my brain was buzzing with questions and possibilities about Dark Lightning and Davin, but at the same time I was so weary that I had to fight to keep my eyes open.

Jill took pity on me and told me we’d watch the promised press conference the next morning. “You get some rest,” she said, handing me my bag as she dropped me off at my room. I didn’t need her advice to comply; I was asleep as soon as I crawled into bed, and I slept soundly for nine hours. If my dreams were troubled with Dark Lightning or Davin, I didn’t remember it in the morning.

When I awoke, however, the first thing that occurred to me was that I’d learned something important.

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