The Children Of The Mist by Jenny Brigalow

Author:Jenny Brigalow
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Escape Publishing - Harlequin Enterprises Pty Ltd, Australia
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 27

Morven woke up. Her eyes snapped open and she sat bolt upright. Dog stirred and wagged his tail making a soft tattoo on the doona. Well, Zest’s doona actually. Where was he? Almost instantaneously she honed in on his prone body on the floor. Asleep. But her parents were missing. She slid silently off the bed. The hands of her watch told her it was seven in the evening.

She wondered if she should wake Zest. Hesitantly she moved closer and crouched down beside him. She smiled to herself. It was really weird to see him so utterly still. He looked so peaceful, but she didn’t know what he was dreaming. It was nice to be able to look at him without embarrassment. He really was gorgeous. His muscular chest rose and fell rhythmically. In repose his dimples had gone to sleep and his russet eyelashes curled softly onto his cheeks.

‘Boo!’

She shrieked and leapt backwards, banging her head on the corner of the table. Zest rested on his elbows and grinned at her. ‘See anything you like?’

Morven was furious with herself. How seriously uncool. ‘Yes,’ she snapped, ‘if you’re attracted to gits.’

Zest pulled a clown’s face. ‘Ah, another hope crushed.’

Morven didn’t know if he was serious or not, and wasn’t game to find out. A change of subject seemed a good idea. ‘Where are Mum and Dad?’

The laughter trickled out of Zest’s face. ‘What time is it?’

‘It’s seven.’

‘Shit, I didn’t mean to sleep so late. Your parents went out to work this morning — ‘

Morven felt a firework explode in her head. ‘Work? Are they crazy? What the hell are they playing at? They’ll get arrested. Oh my God, they’ll get shot.’

Zest shook his head. ‘Your mum had to access her computer so we can get you out the country. We’re meeting them in the park at nine tonight.’

It took every ounce of self-control that Morven possessed not to race out the door and head for home. How could they have put themselves at such risk? What if something bad had happened to them? Still, Zest seemed pretty confident and her parents had proven to be made of sterner stuff than she’d ever imagined. Kind of weekend warriors.

Dog jumped down from the bed and stretched. Morven quickly cleaned her teeth, borrowed some deodorant and slipped on a pair of boots. Her mum thought of everything. Zest was ready, his metal weapon wrapped around his waist.

Morven eyed the strange weapon. ‘What is that?’

He looked at the belt. ‘It’s called a urami. It was my father’s.’

Morven was silent for a moment. She didn’t want to pry, but Zest had never spoken of his family before.

Zest’s fingers touched the blade. ‘They killed him.’

Morven knew he referred to the same ‘they’ that pursued her. ‘Why?’

He looked at her then. ‘It has always been that way.’

Morven nodded. It made sense. She and Zest were two of a kind. Different. Dangerous. It was ironic really; it seemed that it was paranoia that created this strange silent war.

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