Two by LeighAnn Kopans

Author:LeighAnn Kopans
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Young Adult, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
ISBN: 9781492176480
Published: 2013-10-01T04:00:00+00:00

THIRTEEN

I wake up to a cool hand on my face. Merrin’s stormy eyes stare down into mine. Her ribs move in and out in short bursts against my chest, and when my eyes fully open, she breathes out and the tension leaves her face. She sinks back down beside me, fitting her head into the crook of my neck like she always does. Her arm snakes back around my waist.

“Are you okay? You were, like, shaking. And making weird noises.”

I turn and kiss her forehead. My voice is stuck. I don’t know what I just saw or whether I should bother her with it. So I rub my hand up and down her arm, and she makes that noise of complete satisfaction that I love so much.

And I fall back into a deep, dark, dreamless sleep.

The alarm on my new cuff blares in my ear, and I wake with a start. Merrin mumbles something and flips over, burying her face in the pillow while I swing my legs out of bed.

Kara’s voice comes out of the cuff this. “Good morning, Elias.”

Merrin yawns and heaves herself out of bed. She wanders into the bathroom where she’s quiet for a moment until I hear her swishing and spitting water.

“What time is it?” she asks, poking her damp face out of the bathroom.

“It’s eight o’clock.” I must be barely out of sleep because I say the first thing on my mind, after last night. “Kara, do you think there’s any way I could get an appointment with President Masters? As soon as possible?”

“Let me check his schedule with his assistants.”

A few seconds later, she replies, “He’ll see you at nine o’clock. Would you like me to set an alarm for that appointment?”

“No, thanks. I’ll remember.” I tug off my shirt from yesterday and drop it on the floor.

The bathroom door swings open, and Merrin sidles up behind me, sliding her hand around and over my stomach.

“You look good in the morning,” she says, and I can hear the smile in her voice.

I spin her around, and she floats up to eye level, where she tries to kiss me. I bury my face in her neck instead, mumbling, “I’m not kissing you with morning breath.”

“You have before. I still liked it.”

“Yeah, but I was exhausted and not thinking.” I’m still feeling on edge after that dream. I know I promised Leni that I would chill out, and I know she’s right. But I just can’t shake the feeling that something’s terribly wrong.

I slide my hands against the ridges at the back of her jeans and underneath her shirt as she sinks back down to the ground, hoping that holding her like everything is normal will make me feel like everything is normal. But it doesn’t.

“Speaking of exhausted, what were you dreaming about last night? You were so freaked out. You seemed okay once you woke up, but…”

I plunge my arm into the closet and come out with a clean shirt. “Where the hell did that come from?”

Merrin laughs.

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