Let The Wind Rise (Sky Fall, #3) by Shannon Messenger
Author:Shannon Messenger [Messenger, Shannon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Published: 2016-04-26T07:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER 29
VANE
I want to race back to Audra, wrap my arms around her, and screw this whole slow-and-steady plan I came up with.
But the sadness I saw in her eyes keeps me moving away.
It reminds me too much of the first time we got together, and I know what it means. She needs to heal again before sheâll be ready for anything moreâand not just emotionally this time.
Iâm sure that bloodstained jacket is hiding something way worse than sheâs letting on. Especially when I look at Gus.
I watch him and Solana scale the mechanisms of the turbine, and all I can think is . . . How is he still alive?
Iâm glad he isâbut his injuries?
There. Are. No. Words.
He catches me staring and gives me an exaggerated wink, like that will somehow make me forget his swollen face and shredded chest.
Audra comes up beside meâclose enough that I can feel her heat through the air. I take a breath and remind myself: slow and steady.
âHow bad is he?â I ask. âTell me the truth.â
I wasnât sure if she would, but she gives me the full horror story. By the end I have to bend over to get some blood to my head so I donât pass out.
âAre you okay?â she asks.
Once again, I canât believe that Iâm the one being comforted.
I suck in a huge gulp of air, trying to drag myself together. âIâm just worried about you. Having to see all of that . . .â
âIt was nothing compared to what Gus had to face.â
Maybeâand thank God, even if I know itâs crazy selfish to think that.
But still.
âYou donât have to downplay what youâve gone through, Audra. It had to be awful.â
She swallows hard and looks away. âIt was.â
Theyâre two teeny wordsâbut they crush every part of me.
I reach up to wipe away her fresh tears. âI wish I knew how to help.â
âYou are helping. Youâre here.â
âI amânot that you really needed me. I shouldâve known youâd find a way to escape.â
âIt wasnât me,â she says. âIt was Gus. I donât know how I wouldâve gotten through this without him.â
I . . . donât know what to say.
Iâm glad Gus was there for herâwell, not glad, given that Gus is basically a walking wound right now because of it.
But Iâm glad she wasnât alone.
Itâs just . . .
âI wish I couldâve been there.â
If this were a movie, that would be her cue to give some big sappy speech about how I was thereâalways on her mindâand how the very thought of seeing me was what kept her going.
But this is Audra, so she tells me, âIâm glad you werenât.â
She does take my hand, though, and sparks tingle everywhere our skin touches.
Even without our bond.
Even in this horrible place.
Even with all the complications piling up between us.
Sheâs everything.
My less noble side starts screaming, SCREW THE SLOW-AND-STEADY PLAN!
Even my noble side tries to convince me that bonding again might help her heal.
I lean a little closerâand I swear she leans closer to me.
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