Toxic Heart by Theo Lawrence

Author:Theo Lawrence [Lawrence, Theo]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2014-04-08T07:00:00+00:00

“Where have you been?” Ryah asks, dragging me up the stairs.

I glance down at my TouchMe. Still no response from Turk, and I tried calling and texting him. Thankfully, he’s programmed all the numbers I might need into the contact list, so I was able to message Ryah to help me through the force field. She responded immediately.

“I woke up, and you were gone!” Ryah is wearing a tight white T-shirt and cutoff denim shorts with frayed edges. Her hair is as blue as ever, though it’s lying flat across her head, parted at the side. She hasn’t gelled and spiked it yet today. I sort of like it better this way.

It feels like an entire day has passed since Hunter brought my breakfast, but it’s only been a few hours—it’s just after ten a.m.

Ryah shuts the door behind her. “Shannon ate the rest of your bacon before she went off with Hunter.”

Shannon went somewhere with Hunter? “That’s fine,” I say, slipping off my sneakers and leaving them in the foyer. It’s much cooler in here than it is outside. “Where’d they go?”

“There was an … incident,” Ryah says. “On the Lower East Side. I don’t know all the details—only that there was an attack at a grocery store by some of the Foster army. Seems like a few people were killed, but I know Hunter brought troops to assess the damage.”

“Oh,” I say. “That’s horrible.” The bag Lyrica gave me for Davida’s reliquary is heavy on my shoulder.

“Landon and Jarek are out also—the location of one of the Foster army bases was leaked, so they went to confirm the lead before Hunter plans an attack.”

“Why didn’t you go with them?” I ask.

“I was waiting for you!” Ryah smiles. “Turk’s here, too. He’s upstairs. Showering.”

She pauses in the foyer. “I still can’t get used to you being bald. Well, practically bald. You do have a little peach fuzz.” Ryah giggles. “Anyway, Shannon and I woke up and you were gone, and I was like, Oh my gosh, Aria’s been abducted! But then I saw that you’d had breakfast, and then Shannon was like, Maybe she ran away! And I was all like, No! Anyway, I’m just so glad to see you!”

“Thanks,” I say. I’ve never met anyone with quite as much energy as Ryah. I’m still not entirely sure how to act around her.

Ryah rests her hands on her slim hips. She gets a funny look on her face. “Are you going to tell me where you went?”

My stomach jumps. Does Ryah know I went to meet Kyle?

“Just … out,” I say.

I feel bad being cryptic, but I can’t risk her telling Hunter the truth. Then he’d never go to the peace summit.

“Well, the next time you leave, you should let someone know where you’re going,” Ryah suggests.

Turk knew where I was going, I think, but of course I can’t say that. “Is this a prison?” I say. “I always assumed I could do whatever I wanted to.”

Ryah bites her bottom lip.

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