Made of Stars by Jenna Voris
Author:Jenna Voris [Voris, Jenna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2023-03-28T00:00:00+00:00
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The others were done eating by the time Ava and Clara made their way back across the desert. Glen noticed them first, and his face broke into a hesitant smile as they crested the final dune. âThere you are!â He motioned them forward with barely contained enthusiasm. âWe were beginning to think you werenât coming.â
Ava kept her voice light as she plucked a roll from his hand. âAnd miss your cooking? Never.â
The bread was cold, but she finished it in two bites. It did nothing to fill the hollow ache in her chest, but it made it easier to face Shane as he shifted forward on his knees.
âWhat took you so long?â His gaze was sharp, edged with something Ava didnât recognize, but she shook her head and glanced pointedly at Clara. Sheâd let him draw his own conclusions tonight. Each one was easier than the truth. She nodded to Shaneâs parents as she passed, ignoring their tight-lipped scowls, and knelt next to her mother on a worn blanket. Ava hugged her longer than she meant to, and for a brief, terrifying second, hot tears clawed up the back of her throat.
âYouâre cold.â Her motherâs hands fisted in the back of her dress. âWhereâs your jacket?â
Ava might have laughed if she hadnât felt like she was coming undone. When she pulled back, she noticed a swirl of fresh radiation burns under her motherâs sleeve. Sheâs worse. Everyone was worse. She fished in her pocket until she found the bottle of pills sheâd stolen off the last supply barge. âHere. You have to remember to take them.â
She didnât let go of her motherâs hand as Shaneâs family resumed the conversation, trading stories with forced, steady voices. They coped by pretending things were normal, like their son wasnât the most wanted convict in the system. Ava usually ignored them, but she was grateful for their voices now. Every whisper of wind through the brush was an Opian soldier. Each cricket was a gunshot. Any second now, Cyrus would turn around and finish the job his planet started. Heâd save her for last, probably, make her watch as the consequences of her own actions turned the sand red.
âI saw your friend Sayra the other day.â
Ava jumped when Glen spoke, and turned in time to catch the sandwich he threw in her direction. âSayra?â
It felt like years since sheâd heard that name.
Glen nodded. âShe said to tell you the schools are low on heat lamps and if you could send the next Opian supply ship straight to herâow!â
His mother elbowed him in the stomach, but it was too late. Shane leaned back on his hands, a smile tugging at the corner of his mouth. âDid she say anything else?â
Ava could feel the satisfaction radiating from him in waves. They know who you are. The knowledge was always enough to lift the weight from her chest. Because people knew them. Not Cordova, not Opian officers. Real people from West Rama whose lives were better because of what they were doing.
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