Voices of Dragons by Carrie Vaughn

Author:Carrie Vaughn [Vaughn, Carrie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Retail, Ages 13 & Up
ISBN: 9780061987489
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2010-10-04T07:00:00+00:00

14

At home, she tried to call Jon, but his phone was off. She left a message. He called her back twenty minutes later.

“What do you mean you went home?” he said.

“I mean my parents are freaking out and made me go home.”

“That doesn’t make any sense.”

But it did, because she was watching TV—had been for the last hour—and this time the news shows were saying things like “bombing.”

“I’ve got the TV on right now, and it looks bad,” she said.

“You’ve been watching way too much news.”

She couldn’t argue. The TV just kept saying the same things over and over. It all sounded awful. “It’ll be okay,” she murmured. “It has to.”

“Do you want me to come over? I can ditch school.”

Even though seeing him would make her feel better, she wasn’t sure even he could distract her from the TV, make the news stories go away, and make her worry less. He’d only worry more, when he saw how bad she felt. “That’s okay. Your folks are probably worried.”

“Naw,” he said. “My mom’s only called four times in the last hour.”

She chuckled. “Sounds like she wants you to go home.”

“I’ll stop by on my way,” he said, and that sounded like a good compromise.

Both her parents called to check in. Her father was first.

“When are you coming home?” she asked him. If she needed to stay home, where she’d be safe and where everyone would know where she was, why didn’t they?

“I may be out all night,” he said, not sounding concerned or annoyed. He sounded like it was just part of the job. “There’s got to be a thousand reporters in town, and they’re getting unruly. We’ve called everyone in to keep an eye on things.”

“Can you come home for dinner?”

“I’ll probably grab something on the go. I may meet Mom if she isn’t swamped. We’ll call to check in later.”

“Dad—” She didn’t like the way her voice whined, making her sound like a little kid. “What’s going to happen? I’ve been watching the news. Everyone says it’s bad. How bad is it?”

“I don’t know. All this press is making it worse, making people panic. I’m hoping it’ll blow over. If we don’t panic, it’ll blow over. How does that sound?”

“Okay, I guess.” But he hadn’t sounded confident. He was just saying it to make her feel better.

“Kay, I have to get going. Be good, all right?”

Not “be careful.” That was something. It had to mean things weren’t so bad.

Then Mom called. “I just talked to Dad,” Kay said.

“Me too.” She sounded better, as if as long as they were all still in contact, all was well with the world. “We’re going to grab dinner at the Alpine before he goes back to work. Will you be okay? Can you find something to eat?”

“I’ll be fine.”

Jon stopped by for a hug and kiss and asked for news.

“My parents are doing okay. If they don’t sound worried, things are okay, right?”

“Yeah. Probably.” Then his phone rang. It was his mom, wanting to know where he was.

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