Read Online FORBIDDEN by Megan Curd, Kara Malinczak - Free Book Online

she could see the Ohio River valley. “Gorgeous!”
    “I know I am,” I said. A cocky grin was firmly in place, even though inside I was anything but.
    She laughed and punched me again. When girls punch a guy, that’s a good thing, right?
     
    * * *
     
    With the impromptu flight, Hannah forgot about the minor squabble we’d gotten into. When we got back to her house, I landed on the roof and retrieved my clothes. She leaned against the chimney and looked out over the horizon. “That was a lot of fun. Thanks for taking me and bucking the frequent flyer rules.”
    “No problem, I’m already going to be in all kinds of trouble. Someone should get some frequent flyer miles out of the deal. Thought you might like to see the armpit of the United States from a higher altitude.”
    She laughed and shook her head. “You know, for being the day I’m supposed to die, I’m actually pretty happy.”
    “Oh yeah? You’re probably the only human that would ever say that.”
    “Have you guarded many people?”
    I didn’t really like to get into my previous Calls. None of them really bothered me to talk about, but it always felt so invasive, telling other Guards how my Calls were. If I couldn’t talk about it to other Guards, why would it be okay to talk to a human about it? It didn’t seem like a very good idea. “A few, but no one famous or anything. Pretty mundane.”
    She seemed to catch my mood and swallowed, then nodded. “Mundane. Yeah.”
    The silence between us wasn’t awkward, but it definitely wasn’t easy. She broke it off after a minute or so. “I should probably get dressed. I’ve already missed two classes.”
    “Don’t go at all. Hang out with me.”
    “You’re keeping me from dying, aren’t you?”
    I gave her the most tragic look I could muster. “Why can’t I just want to spend time and get to know you? I mean, usually people who share the same bed know one another, right?”
    Her sternness broke with a tentative smile. “Alright. We’ll hang, but only because I wouldn’t want to break rules about sharing beds.”
    “Great!”
    “On one condition.”
    I groaned. “What would that be?”
    “That Angie is safe with us as well.”
    Well, she didn’t ask for the moon and the stars, but she might as well have. There was no way Ethan was going to allow me to take Angie. Now I was gonna have to commit kidnap, fight off fate, and piss off my best friend, all after already breaking the cardinal rule of not fraternizing with our Calls.
    Well, if I was going back to hell, I might as well do it in style. “Fine. We’ll get Angie. But consider yourself warned. This isn’t going to be easy or fun, for that matter.”
    Hannah nodded. “Not easy, zero fun. Got it.”
    I sighed. Impossible and negative amounts of fun were more like it.

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    ELEVEN
     
     
    “Leave a note saying you’re staying with Angie or something,” I said while watching Hannah fly around her room like a whirlwind. She was throwing clothes into a backpack.
    “Is it okay if I bring my cell phone?”
    “No.”
    She pouted. “Why not?”
    “Believe it or not, there are things such as GPS locators. Just because we’re technically dead doesn’t mean that we don’t stay up on ways to keep tabs on people.”
    “You don’t have anything more sophisticated than that?”
    I smiled. “We do, but we’re lazy. We’ll let technology do the dirty work if we’re bored and want more of a challenge. What do you want to do with it, anyway? Are you going to update your status to how happy you are that you didn’t die because of your awesome Guard?”
    She laughed and stuck her tongue out at me as she tossed the phone on the bed. “No, I’m not, you brat. My parents won’t believe I went anywhere if the phone is still here.”
    That was a valid point. “Fine,” I conceded, “But it stays off unless we absolutely need it. Deal?”
    The phone was snatched up in an instant and stuffed in her