With These Wings by Wendy Knight

Author:Wendy Knight [Knight, Wendy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: k'12
Publisher: Six Inch Heel Press
Published: 2017-06-20T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

“RAYANNA? WE NEED TO TALK.” COLE swallowed twice, trying to free his tongue from the coma it seemed to be in. RayAnna looked up at him, eyes wide and already hurt. She knew what was coming — she’d known for several days, in fact. Ever since they’d come back from the Garce test attack so full of hope. Finally, they had a way to fight back.

Because of Nyx.

But RayAnna was sneaky. She knew how to avoid serious talks — she fell asleep, she made sure they were surrounded by people, or she promptly started to cry — all of which were excellent ways to put off a discussion she didn’t want.

“I don’t think we do, Cole. In fact, a lot of these guys are heading topside to work on the garden. I thought we could go with them. Get some fresh air. Pretend we’re still human.” She gave him a weak smile.

He shook his head. “Stop, RayAnna. I know what you’re doing, and I don’t want to have this conversation either, but—”

“Then don’t.” She scrambled to her feet and took his hands. “You don’t want this conversation, I don’t want this conversation. Why are you so determined to have something neither of us want?”

He took her hands, pulling them away from his chest where they clenched and unclenched and clenched again. “Because pretending I’m not—”

She jerked away, covering her ears with her hands. Gently, he pulled them away, leaning down to peer into her eyes. “It isn’t fair to either of us, RayAnna.”

Cole heard the fiery crackle before she spoke. He turned quickly, nearly losing himself in her flashing eyes. “What are you doing, Cole?” Nyx hissed, leaving the tunnel to come into the wider room he and RayAnna stood in.

“I’m just—”

Her hand shot out, burning hot and sparking, and grabbed his wrist. “Can I talk to you for a second please?”

Cole expected some sort of response from RayAnna — she wouldn’t really want him to disappear with a half-alien that they all knew he was in love with, would she?

But she didn’t say a word, just watched them go, her chest rising and falling with barely concealed sobs.

“Cole, we’ve discussed this.” Nyx said, turning on him as soon as they were out of earshot. The tunnel barely had enough room for her wings — the tips brushed the concrete ceiling above. She was bare footed, her toes trying to dig into the cracked cement floor. “You and me,” her hand motioned between them, little sparks of lightning stinging the bare skin of his arm. “We’re done.”

He looked down at her, recognizing the pain and fear in her blue, blue eyes. “You can’t tell me we’re done, Nyx. Last time we talked—”

“I was stupid. We can’t be together.”

“Because of RayAnna? Nyx, I don’t love her like I love you. I tried. But it isn’t fair to her—”

“Not because of RayAnna, you idiot! Because I’m part alien! I’m part enemy!” She jerked away from him, hugging her arms around her chest, her jaw clenched so tight he thought her teeth might break.

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