Gravity by Melissa West

Author:Melissa West
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Mystery, Young Adult, Azizex666, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction
ISBN: 9781620610916
Publisher: Entangled Teen
Published: 2012-11-01T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 16

I wake in a cold sweat. Zeus. The old man was Zeus; I’m sure of it. I tear off my covers, stumble to my bathroom, and splash several rounds of water on my face. I glance into the mirror and wrinkle my brow. I just woke up, from a nightmare no less, yet I look…healthy, alive. My dark brown hair is shiny, almost black. My skin—luminous. I study my reflection, hoping to figure out what caused the change, but when I come up empty, I allow my mind to drift to the nightmare. Fear clutches me as I remember Zeus’s expression, how he seemed to know me. Goose bumps rise across my skin even though my shirt is soaked with sweat. Zeus Castello was in my dream.

When I get back to my room, I notice a new message flashing on my T-screen. I click the letter, and a gold and silver scroll appears on the screen with the words 2140 TRINITY MASQUERADE BALL AGENDA at the top. My mouth hangs open as I stare at the words. After everything that’s happened, I can’t believe they didn’t cancel the ball. The lead Chemists, Engineers, and members of Parliament from each world sector will all be present. This is insane, dangerous.

I reach for my phone to dial Lawrence but set it back down. The phones are monitored. I’ll have to wait to ask him at school. I’m about to click off my T-screen when another message appears from Coach Sanders. Op testing continues today.

I leave my room and pound down the stairs, rounding the corner to the kitchen, the tang of cinnamon and ginger in the air. Mom smiles widely when she sees me, her dark brown hair sprinkled with flour, her ivory arms splattered with specks of pancake mix.

“This mixer has a mind of its own,” she says at my raised eyebrows.

I laugh and sit in a stool beside the counter. “You said that about the last one. What is this, your sixth mixer?”

She drops her head. “Seventh. Don’t tell your father.”

I wait for her to explain why she’s home, cooking pancakes (my favorite), after what happened yesterday. Something tells me this is a bribe. But after several long seconds, she doesn’t say anything. “Mom…”

“Yes,” she says, refusing to look up.

“What’s this about? You don’t cook pancakes during the week. And shouldn’t you be at the lab, especially after yesterday? I heard Dad leave hours ago.”

She slowly sets down her spatula and peers up at me. “I’m staying home today, and I want you to as well.”

I start to object, but she cuts me off.

“I know about Op testing, and I know how much that means to you, but things are getting bad out there. I can’t risk…” She raises a shaking hand to her mouth. “Your father doesn’t understand. He feels that you can protect yourself, he trained you after all, but this isn’t some training session. This is real, with real people dying. I know you well enough

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