Circus Summer by Kailin Gow

Author:Kailin Gow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: dystopian, post-apocalypse, hunger games, forbidden love, dark fantasy
Publisher: Sparklesoup.com
Published: 2023-01-18T00:00:00+00:00

Zachary

I’ve done everything I can to warn Leela away from the circus. I’ve tried to show her how dangerous it really is. I’ve tried to stop myself from caring about her too. That hasn’t worked well either, if what I feel as she walks away with Thomas is any kind of clue. At that moment, I feel as though my heart has been torn out. There’s this deep ache in me when I think about her, and how close I want to get to her. How is he that close to her? How, after we’ve just spent so much time kissing, can she just walk away with him?

The only good part about her walking away is that she’s going to dinner with her mom. If Leela’s mom is well enough to go to a big dinner to celebrate Leela getting through the training, then maybe, just maybe, she won’t need to keep going in the circus. Maybe her mom will be better completely soon. Maybe if I go to the restaurant too, I can persuade her of that part. I have to try. Leela Sinclair has come to mean so much to me, all I think about is how I can protect her, keep her safe, and alive.

So I walk back up from the beach, but that takes me back through the circus, and Dr. Dex is there. It’s like he’s been waiting for me. I need to talk to Leela, but I know I can’t avoid the ringmaster. With the talents I have, you’d think there would be a way to get a message to someone...

Maybe it’s worth a try. If Dr. Dex can speak to Leela’s mother without being there, maybe I can do the same with her. Maybe. I think hard about Leela, trying to remember the kind of feeling that I get when I’m touching someone’s thoughts enough to hear them. I concentrate on what I want to say.

“Leela,” I say silently, framing the thought. “It’s Zachary. Can you hear me?”

Why am I asking that? I don’t know if Leela will be able to hear me or not.

“I don’t know if you can hear this,” I continue, “but if you can, you can trust me.”

Dr. Dex is in front of me now. “Ah, Zachary. Just the person I wanted to see.”

He reaches out to put an arm around my shoulders. That’s enough to make me flinch, but I force myself to be friendly. The trouble is, I know too much about what the circus’ ringmaster is capable of. I know too much about the things he has done and the people his precious Circus of Curiosities has killed.

“Dr. Dex.”

He goes from light hearted to serious without a break. “What I’m about to say is of the utmost importance, Zachary,” he says, his grip on my shoulders tightening just slightly. “I know that you are capable of many things.”

“I don’t understand,” I say, trying to work out what I should say.

“Yes you do. You can read people’s thoughts, communicate through your own thoughts, and see things that haven’t happened.

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