Ash by Shani Petroff

Author:Shani Petroff [Manley, Shani Petroff & Darci]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
Publisher: Polis Books
Published: 2015-09-20T04:00:00+00:00

I sat in the grass in the same spot I’d found Theron. I felt energized and happy and sad and confused all at once. My brother was dead, and there I’d been playing and laughing. It seemed wrong… only, part of it didn’t. Aldan loved life. He wanted me to live it. He wanted me to live it in a colorblind society.

Those words sent a slight shiver down my spine. I never imagined that could be a possibility. But apparently Aldan did. In a way, he died for it. Wasn’t that what the Revenants were about? Defying the system. Letting people live the way they wanted? Having options?

Options that weren’t available to people like me, no matter what we did. I got better grades than most of the Purples at Spectrum, and that was without the tutors and privileges that came with status. But it wouldn’t change my future, because I was an Ash. A Blank Ash. But it didn’t have to be that way. Just because the system hadn’t provided me with a destiny at birth didn’t mean I couldn’t define one for myself.

I closed my eyes and breathed in the dirt and grass and faint smell of salt from the sweat in my damp t-shirt. I felt the blades of grass sticking into my body, pressing into my palms. And then I opened my eyes and sat up, knowing exactly what I had to do. The entrance to the Tombs was thirty yards from me. And there wasn’t a soul around.

Aldan wasn’t the only one who could help the Revenants.

I double-checked the area to make sure no one was around and turned off my locator. I felt a pang of guilt knowing this would cost my family another fifty ostows in fines, but it was worth it.

After one last careful look around, I snuck over to the bushes near the fence. I pushed them aside and ran my palms over the metal where I knew the holographic covering was projected. My fingers found the edge where metal met air. Without a second thought, I ducked through the hole and found myself back on the same platform where I’d stood the night before. I darted down the stairs. When I hit the bottom, I paused. There was enough daylight seeping in from the entrance to the Tombs that I could tell I was in a large tunnel. I couldn’t see more than a few feet in either direction, and I had no idea how I would find my way back to the subway train car where I’d met Oena.

I flicked my tracker light on, and off just as quickly. Even on its dimmest setting, it was still a bright light in the darkness. I covered it with my sleeve as an added dimmer, and turned it back on. Its subdued light did little to disturb the darkness. That was fine by me. I’d learned my lesson last night. No need to get caught and captured by another crew of Revenants.

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