The Unpaired (The Pairings Book 3) by Ramona Finn

Author:Ramona Finn [Finn, Ramona]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

It took two weeks for us to set up a time with Jarid to meet at the secret laboratory within BioPure territory. Two weeks of Isra tracking me around the area while I visited my ailing parents and tried to help as much as I could at our lab. And two weeks of three hours of sleep each night with my dreams filled with Isra murdering Syeth’s twin.

Watching Jarid repeatedly die in my head might have been an omen, or my mind preparing for the inevitable.

I replayed Syeth’s release from the interrogation room in my head, he’d been less than thrilled with Isra’s plan. From the way his cheeks had puffed and the acid pooling in his eyes, his previous frustration with the rebel system had more than bubbled to the surface again. I kept hearing his response in my head, over and over, after I’d told him everything about Isra’s plan for killing the workers and Jarid.

“Over my dead body,” he’d said, and I worried that might become true.

For us, there was no longer a question of Jarid’s loyalty. No matter what, he was still family. To Isra, he would always be a traitor—and she’d pretty much accused us of the same thing, making it impossible to dissuade her. I knew without a doubt that she wouldn’t be satisfied until she’d killed Jarid or me. Probably both if she had her way.

We sat outside watching the sun set. “Isra and the other commanders aren’t ever going to stop this war until one side is completely obliterated.” Syeth sounded sad as he spoke, and I thought of my parents—John included—and worried about all of the innocents who would get caught up in their war.

“Escaping is the only option. Once we get the cure, and get your parents well, we have to leave and strike out on our own.”

I nodded my head. He was right. Based on her past with my family and the Rothkinds, it wasn’t hard for me to imagine Isra taking her anger out on my family if they were left behind. “We need another way.”

After clearing our clothes and cell phones of any possible tracking devices or software, again, Syeth and I ran through different scenarios to keep Jarid and my family alive. Every time either of us hit the streets, I was certain Isra had eyes on us, which meant that, in all likelihood, someone would be following us when we eventually met up with Jarid. I could only hope that she would honor her agreement, allowing us to work on the cure before she attacked the lab on the hunt for Jarid. Granted, we were brainstorming ways to outwit her, so realistically, she was planning the same for us. Most of our concerns centered on the lab’s location and layout. We couldn’t ask Jarid about the layout or exits because it would alert him to a problem, and there was still much to do before a cure could be finalized.

The only potential plan we

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