Wicked Grove (Wicked Grove Book 1) by Alexia Purdy

Author:Alexia Purdy [Purdy, Alexia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: k'12
Publisher: Lyrical Lit. Publishing
Published: 2017-08-27T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

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Jay

Apparently, getting yanked out of my sleep in the wee hours of the morning was the theme for the week. I loved my sister, but I was ready to kill her myself.

“What?” I blinked up at Craig, who was dressed and frowning down at me.

“How can you sleep at a time like this? At least be ready. I sleep with my fatigues on. You’re in your boxers. Dude, get up. They called about Amy again.”

“It’s too darn hot.” I yawned, sitting up and stretching. “What the hell is going on now?”

“She wants to talk to us.”

“Can’t it wait until morning?”

He shook his head. “No. She said it’s urgent. The nurse came racing over to wake me up from my bunk. You must’ve scared her before, because she politely asked me to wake you up myself.”

I chuckled. “Sophia? She’s scared of me? I guess I might’ve snapped at her the last time. Damn. What does she expect waking up a sleeping soldier?”

Craig crossed his arms. “Oh, and I don’t like to sleep in? I just don’t threaten the person waking me up like they have a death wish.”

“Hey, I prize my sleep.”

“Whatever. Get ready, and we’ll go see what Amy wants.”

I bobbed my head up and down again, stifling a yawn as I reached for my clothes dangling off the edge of the bed. After dressing swiftly, I pulled my boots on and ran my hands through my short hair. Good thing I wasn’t a pretty boy who needed time to get assembled; that wouldn’t fly at the Agency. There was always a lot to do, and taking one’s sweet time would be frowned upon.

I approached Craig, who was waiting for me on a bench in the adjacent locker room. I motioned to him that I was ready, and we headed out toward the iron rooms. I hoped Amy was doing okay; she’d stayed the night in the faery guy’s room. He was at the bottom of my “trust” list, so I hoped there wasn’t a problem.

We arrived on the underground floor and motioned to the guard to let us pass into the room. Inside, we found Amy pacing back and forth, chewing on her nails, hair wild and face flushed. Upon seeing us, she dropped her hands and skipped toward us.

“You guys need to let me out. We have a serious situation going on.”

Atieran peered at us stoically from his hospital bed, looking much improved from his previous state of unconsciousness. He was now looking human, which was impressive considering it had been centuries since he’d been so. It was hard to not scrutinize his appearance. From what we knew about transitioning faeries past the assimilation stage, he should be dead from the strain on his body. He was supposedly special, but I remained wary of the guy.

“The faery king is coming. He can still speak to us through the iron,” Amy explained. Her wide eyes and panicky voice made the hair on my neck stand up. I’d never seen her so disheveled and apprehensive.

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