Illusion by Cooper J. S

Author:Cooper, J. S. [Cooper, J. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Suspense, Mystery, Contemporary, thriller, Adult
ISBN: 9781476791036
Amazon: 1476791031
Goodreads: 21942905
Publisher: Gallery Books
Published: 2014-11-11T08:00:00+00:00

We walked in silence toward the jungle. I could feel my heart racing as I realized that I was about to enter the unknown. I thought back to one of my history classes where we’d talked about American Indian tribes who had never had contact with Westerners.

“I really hope we don’t happen upon any native tribes who want to kill us.” I shivered.

“Don’t be stupid, Bianca.” Jakob shook his head.

“Fine. I hope we don’t happen upon any native tribes who want to kill you.” I glared at him.

“Keep your eyes open and your ears keen, then,” he responded pompously. “If anyone is waiting to kill us, it’s Steve.”

“What do you mean?” I frowned at him, still feeling annoyed by his imperious nature.

“Don’t worry about it. I’ll worry about Steve.” He gave me a condescending look. “Just keep your eyes open for water, and your ears as well.” He spoke slowly and arrogantly, and I wondered how I had allowed myself to be even slightly intimate with him. “At the same time, let me know if you see any Indians with bows and arrows.”

“You’re an asshole.”

“I’m an asshole who doesn’t want us to get further dehydrated.”

“You really think we’re going to find fresh water?”

“We’re pretty screwed if we don’t.” He looked at me then and sighed. “Please don’t cry.”

I stared at him for two seconds before ignoring him and increasing my pace. He was such an asshole. Please don’t cry, my ass. I hadn’t cried since we’d been here.

“Wait up.” He hurried behind me and grabbed my arm. “I told you already that you need to wait for me.”

“You’re not the boss of me.” I shrugged his hand off. “And the last I heard, we weren’t colonists. We didn’t start a democracy, and I didn’t vote for you to be governor or president.” I gave him a haughty look. “So in case you don’t get it, I’m not listening to what you say.”

“Bianca,” he started, and half-smiled.

“What?” I snapped, and then tripped over something and fell to my knees. “Ouch.” I landed on the sand with a thud, my face burning up in shame.

“You okay?” He reached his hand out to help me up. “I was trying to warn you about that branch.”

“I’m fine.” I jumped up, ignored his hand, and then brushed the sand off my legs. I looked up and found Jakob staring at me with darkened eyes.

“Is it going to be like this the whole time we’re here?”

“We’re not here to repopulate the planet, so I wouldn’t worry about it,” I huffed out, and then paused. “Oh my God, you don’t think we’re here for some secret project? Maybe they want us to start a new colony and repopulate a new population to see if we can survive on another planet.”

“Another planet?”

“You know, somewhere other than Earth.”

“We’re on Earth, Bianca.”

“Duh. I meant, maybe they plan on sending us to another planet after we have kids.” I sighed as if he were the slow one and then started laughing. “I’m joking, Jakob.

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