Burn by Sarah Fine & Walter Jury

Author:Sarah Fine & Walter Jury
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2015-04-27T16:00:00+00:00

BISHOP

BELAY

BEARDEN

ARCHER

ALEXANDER

ACKERMAN

ABE

I guess my family suite is down there—as is Brayton’s, Rufus’s, and Dr. Ackerman’s. Sung and Graham stare at the nameplate while Kellan questions the guard at the attendant’s desk.

The elevator in the lobby dings. “Tate!” comes a shriek as the doors open.

My head swings around so fast that I’m dizzy. “Christina?” My heart hammering, I watch her emerge with two guards on either side of her. One of them has a gun aimed at her head.

I stride toward her, my hands up. “She’s with—”

“Caught her near the stairwell a minute after you called, Kellan,” says the guard with long brown hair pulled into a tight knot at the base of her neck. “She won’t say who she is, and none of us recognize her.”

Kellan switches on the scanner, and Christina winces as her skin flashes red. His broad shoulders tense as he realizes she’s H2. “What the hell are you doing in this building?”

“She’s my girlfriend,” I snap, shoving past the guards, beyond caring whether they aim at me. “Step away from her.”

Christina looks like she wants to reach for me but is afraid to move. “I was in Leo’s suite and kept hearing people coming back from the meeting. I was coming down to see if you were in your room,” she says to me in a broken voice.

“Is she some undercover Core agent?” the female guard asks.

I want to hit something. “Did you hear what I just said? She goes to my high school. She, like two-thirds of the population of this planet, is H2 and a civilian. Not every H2 is Core, and you know that.”

“She’s not one of ours,” says Graham.

“We’re wasting time,” I say to Kellan. “I’m taking her to my suite, and you’re checking each one, right?”

Kellan seems to note the edge in my voice. He’s still regarding Christina with suspicion, but the guards are holstering their weapons. “Yeah.”

He stalks toward the hallway, and I offer Christina my hand. Wearily, she takes it. We follow the others down the hall, reaching the Bishop suite first. I’m tempted to walk right by and let them handle it, but it’s clear they’ve already hit a snag. Kellan is banging his fist against the door. “Mr. Bishop, just for a minute. We’ve had a security breach, and I need only a moment of your time.”

“I can see the Core agents out there, boy,” shouts Rufus from the other side. He must have his face pressed to the peephole. “If you think I’m coming out, you’re insane.” This is followed by a long string of threatening and colorful curses.

“Mr. Bishop, we need everyone’s cooperation—”

“If you think those aliens are cooperating with you, you’re even more stupid than the rest of your family!” Rufus shouts.

Kellan’s cheeks darken. “Sir,” he says, his voice turning gravelly. “I’m going to have to order—”

More curses. Kellan looks helpless. Purely out of impatience, I snatch the scanner from his hand and wave it over the door. Despite the barrier, it flashes blue. The thing can scan through walls and doors.

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