Altered by Jennifer Rush

Author:Jennifer Rush [Rush, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Love & Romance, Action & Adventure, Juvenile Fiction / Love & Romance, Juvenile Fiction, General, Juvenile Fiction / Science & Technology, Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure - General, Science & Technology
ISBN: 9780316214490
Google: rarhDnHthKsC
Amazon: B007ZGBZ2E
Goodreads: 14288736
Publisher: Hachette Digital, Inc.
Published: 2013-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

We stuck to back roads on the way to the seedier part of Whittier, in case Riley or Connor was around. Staying so close to the town where they had found us was dangerous. It was only a matter of time before we’d have to leave, and I dreaded the idea. I liked Sam’s cabin.

Sam parked in front of an empty flower shop and got out, everyone but me following. They grouped at the front of the vehicle, their voices hushed and urgent. A few minutes later they broke apart, and Sam came to the passenger-side door. I opened it.

“So, where are we going?”

“We are not going anywhere. You are staying with Cas.”

Cas cocked his head to the side and gave me an innocent look. “You were voted in as my babysitter. Sorry.”

I snorted, knowing it was really the other way around. Better him than Nick, though.

After the others left, following the draw of loud rock music to the bar it blared from, Cas turned to me. “You got me for sixty long minutes. What do you say we get to know each other better?”

I screwed up my mouth. “Very funny.”

“I kid, I kid.” He laughed, the sound reminding me of so many moments shared in our basement, of Cas goading me from the other side of his glass wall. He was a pain in the butt, but he was also extremely easygoing.

“Actually, I’m starving.”

He dug in his coat pocket. “I have… seven dollars. Want to see if we can find something close by?”

“Please.”

“You got it, babe.”

We set out on foot and found a gas station a few blocks away. Inside, the hum of the fluorescent lights felt oddly comforting, like I’d stepped out of one world and into another I knew well. We each grabbed a cola, but we decided to share an egg-salad sandwich.

Two blocks away, we found a little marina that butted up against a large lake that faded into the darkness. Since it was mid-October, most of the boat slips were empty, but tiny green lights still glowed on the end of each dock.

“Food always makes me feel better,” I said, eating a chunk of egg off the tip of my finger. “Thanks, Cas.”

“No problem. I know how the Big Dog gets. No time to savor the good things in life. Don’t worry—I got your back.”

I smiled. “What was Sam like in the lab? Really like?”

Cas popped the last of his sandwich into his mouth and leapt from the bench. “Sammy is hard to explain.” He sauntered over to a maple tree that stood between a pair of benches. He started climbing as he went on. “Let me put it this way: Sammy has the intensity of a Rottweiler and the stubbornness of a mule.” He grunted as he hoisted himself up into the heart of the tree. “Expects everyone to do exactly what he wants, when he wants. Except…” He trailed off, his silence piquing my interest more than his words had.

I went to the base of the tree.

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