The Escape (Unbounded) by Teyla Branton

Author:Teyla Branton
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Urban Fantasy, Paranormal & Urban
Publisher: White Star Press
Published: 2013-11-28T16:00:00+00:00

EVERYONE WAS SUPPOSED TO MEET back at the safe house, except Jace and Cort who had stayed behind to watch the compound, but I had Mari drop me off a few blocks away. After so much time in everyone’s thoughts, I needed to be alone for a while, and it wasn’t likely we would do anything more tonight. I’d filled Ava in already on the phone, and they could do without me for an hour or so.

It was after one-thirty in the morning, but many of the bars were open and people still roamed the streets. Some walked casually in loud groups, while lone people or couples walked quickly, darting glances around to make sure they weren’t followed. This wasn’t a high crime area, but it was dark and anything could happen in such a big city. I absorbed through my pores as I walked, refilling my depleted reserves. I caught the faint flavor of peanuts and fried scones, an odd combination, but this was New York City after all. I wandered aimlessly for fifteen minutes, my mind shut tight against everyone. Only the life forces burned in my mind, alerting me if anyone neared.

My body healed quickly, regaining strength every second. The curequick no longer hummed in my veins and I missed it. No more for you, I thought. Not if I didn’t want to end up like Ritter’s adopted son, who was in a high security institution in London recovering from curequick addiction.

I soon found myself back at the safe house. Pulling my strongest shield over my mind so as not to alert Ava of my presence, I punched in the code and put my palm on the reader next to the door so it would open. The computer would inform Stella I was there, but she wouldn’t tell anyone. I rode the elevators up past the eighth floor, the last four of which were empty and not yet refurbished. Tenika hadn’t seen a point with her group so decimated, but one day they would need the space. Unless whatever the Emporium planned was more far-reaching than even we guessed.

Out on the roof, my acrophobia slammed down on me, as though the sky overhead had fallen on my shoulders. I forced back the fear, pushing it into the shiny black box in the corner of my mind. The weight lifted, but I knew it was still there, waiting to pounce if I relaxed my vigil. That was okay. I’d learn to deal with it, and I’d keep visiting rooftops forever as long as it meant I could make myself function despite the fear. I would not allow my flaw to endanger any of the Renegades.

I walked steadily to the edge, clear to the wrought iron fence encircling the entire rooftop. There had once been some sort of garden here, but it was lifeless now, the raised boxes of soil growing only a few hearty weeds. Someone had also kept pigeons in one corner, and it was to the old coop I headed, using a crate to climb up.

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