The Way by Mary E. Twomey

Author:Mary E. Twomey
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: dystopia female heroine slavery hunger games battle war murder epic blood ya

Chapter Twenty-Four

Violent Butterflies

Maintaining composure was now a wasted effort if he was going to play games like this, she steamed, jumping to the only logical conclusion. Narrowing her gaze into a glare, Blue snatched up the menu and stomped off, not caring that he looked stunned and not at all guilty, as she thought he should.

As she disappeared into the kitchen, she shook her head angrily that some Vemreaux played such tricks on Waywards. She wondered how small the device was that he’d used to give her the shock. It escaped her keen vision completely, but explained why she’d been off-kilter ever since the first electrified contact.

Slapping the order on the hook for the cooks, she examined the fingers that received the charge to add up the damage. Surely if there were marks left on her fingers, Baird would notice immediately and scold her for being careless. How could she have known about such a mechanism? None of the others ever mentioned it to her. Perhaps it was a foreign weapon or something still in the trial phases. Luckily, her fingers appeared unscathed. Blue fumed, her sheepishness gone as she exited the kitchen to wait on other tables.

Though she tried not to, her eyes darted up of their own accord to the dreaded table. The two Vemreaux were joined by a pair of overly made-up Femreaux that Blue had seen in the bar before. One was fawning over Sam and the other was tossing her hair and laughing at something apparently hilarious that Brody said. Blue’s anger increased at the stupidity of these women. There they were, throwing themselves at the dignitaries all because they were rich and good looking. Very good looking. The jerk.

The tousle-haired Sam looked away from the flirting Fem and turned his head to stare at Blue, his gaze questioning her sudden mood change. Insecurity washed through her as she sized up his expression. It certainly didn’t match what she expected of an evil man. He appeared confused and concerned. The corner of his mouth lifted into a small, slanted smile directed only at her, completely bypassing the Femreaux hanging on his arm and whispering in his ear.

Blue almost cursed aloud as the blush betrayed her once again. Hurriedly, she ducked her head and waited on the next table, taking the glower she wanted to point toward Sam and using it to scold herself instead.

A growing line at the hostess stand left Blue to believe that Steve was taking yet another break. Spiting him by seating them in his section was just a bonus; there really were no empty tables in her section, and she didn’t know how long they’d have to wait for Steve to seat them.

“Where’s that lazy Vemreaux?” she asked the girls in the kitchen with more of an edge in her voice than she usually allowed. “Steve’s not on the floor again and he’s got tables waiting for him.”

Stephanie tattled on him by jerking her thumb over her shoulder to the back door, indicating that he was, in fact, taking yet another break.

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