Atlas Fallen by Jessica Pierce

Author:Jessica Pierce
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Young Adult, Atlas Fallen, Science Fiction, Royalty, Teen, Adventure, Space, Fiction, Romance, Book, Technology, Dystopian, War
Publisher: Lost City Publishers
Published: 2018-04-23T16:00:00+00:00

TWENTY

AFTER A BRIEF SEARCH OF THE DORMS for any sign of who might have been watching them, fatigue had eventually overwhelmed her, and she’d retreated to the safety of her apartment. However, in the silence of her rooms, the current still permeating her body made her unable to sleep. The hackchip rotated between her fingers—the same one she’d used to gain access to the dataport during the lux party upstation.

With all the time she’d spent preparing for the fight, there had been no time to figure out her father’s last words. Not for the first time she wondered what her life would be like if she were able to clear the Petrov name. There was a chance Commander Grey would make reparations and grant her a free space jump to the planet’s surface so she could start over. And perhaps, just perhaps, things with Daxton could be different.

Like that would really happen, she chided herself. Cerise had money, fame, looks, and status. And what did she have to offer? Street smarts? Half-decent welding technique? Not exactly skills that would fit in at the New London palace.

Not to mention the way Daxton had looked when she’d tried to get him to go back upstation. It was a huge misunderstanding, but one she felt had made their connection even more tenuous.

Something scraped against her apartment door, and Tesla froze. How many people had Yosef sent to finish her off? She crouched, her body protesting as she grabbed a knife from the kitchen. The vidfeed on her door panel showed an empty stoop, but the scratching sound continued. Then, ever so quietly, a small voice cried out.

“Tesla? Are you there?”

After months of hearing those same sniffles, Tesla knew it could only be Ming. She unbolted the door to find the boy sitting on her doorstep, a container of milk clenched tightly in his hands.

“What are you doing out after curfew?” she said, glancing over the boy’s head to see if anyone else lurked outside. “Where are your parents? Where’s Ren?”

The boy’s lip quivered, and he dissolved into tears. “They took him, Tessie. The doctors came and took Ren and everyone away. I d-didn’t even get to say goodbye.”

Oh stars, no. Tesla raised her eyes over the boy’s head and saw it: a bright yellow circle bisected by a single line. A quarantine mark. The same that had been drawn over her own door the last time she had ever seen her mother.

“Was Ren the one who got sick?” she asked, kneeling down to take the boy in her arms. Ming pressed his face against her neck, his small arms grasping her tightly. Tesla felt him nod, and her heart caved inward. “But if they took everyone into quarantine, why are you out here?”

A chubby finger pointed toward the milk. “Mama sent me out for it hours ago, because the baby was hungry,” he cried, wiping his running nose onto his stained sleeve. “We were careful, Tessie. Mama and Papa were so careful when Ren got sick.

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