The Starfire Wars- The Complete series Box Set by Jenetta Penner

Author:Jenetta Penner [Penner, Jenetta]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-08-09T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23

Javen turns to me while I watch the Alku charge. Then, to my surprise, at least a hundred more Alku appear around us, the ones who have decided to follow Javen. Pride fills me with his willingness to be the leader he was born to be. Javen yells for them to follow Wirrin, and without question, the army obeys. Behind us, the crackle and roar of a giant portal sounds. Javen’s face lights up cyan from the glow and his eyes gleam.

Javen clutches my arm, and I flinch from the energy radiating from his Starfire energy. “I don’t know if this is the beginning or the end.” Without another word, his mouth collides with mine. Fire curls through my veins as his breath becomes mine. I nearly drop my mom’s journal but somehow hold it tight in one hand. His touch unravels me until the world spins away for a few heartbeats of time. Here, only Javen and I exist. I return his kiss with more fervor than I have ever expressed before. This need, this fear, his presence—it’s everything. So much so, that when he finally pulls away, the sense of loss is devastating.

“Javen, you are my beginning and end.” I can barely get the words out. A sob knots in my throat and tears prick the back of my eyes. He folds me into his strong arms and holds me tight to his chest as if he’ll never let go. Then he does, and I heave in a ragged breath as he races to join the rest of his people. He can’t leave them to fight on their own.

“That boy is in love with you,” Dad says softly from behind. “I’ve seen the look before.”

I twist around to him, and he holds the Starfire out to me. Any embarrassment I might have had for sharing such an intense, intimate kiss with Javen in front of Dad is gone. In the next hour, many of us will likely die. And right now, Dad is trying to give me the Starfire.

I glance at the crystal and back to his face. “I’m not sure if I should take it. I might not be ready.”

“Something tells me you are.”

Gingerly, I pluck the gem from his palm and suppress the urge to welcome a flood of the crystal’s energy into my body. Barely looking at the Starfire, I grab the necklace and pull the chain over my head.

Dad’s eyes well up with tears and I fall into his arms. “This wasn’t what Arcadia was supposed to be like, Daddy,” I cry into his neck. A blast sounds from behind and I flinch. “How can one planet’s salvation be the another’s doom? It’s not fair.”

Dad pulls back from me and then places his hands on my shoulders. He doesn’t answer my question. Instead, he gently squeezes my upper arms before his hands fall back to his sides.

He steps away from me, but I grab his hand. “How do you know Javen loves me?”

Dad’s lips quirk into a sad smile.

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