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He hadn’t lost his touch with those stares.
“I want to hear from Titus,” her uncle said. “And there had better be a damn good explanation.”
* * *
Rem’s feet wouldn’t move like he wanted. He needed to put one foot in front of the other, but couldn’t seem to make it happen.
“Just lean,” Nero said quietly.
Rem tried to focus, but like with his feet, nothing was working like it should.
They stumbled along. His body ached with each step.
He couldn’t remember what happened after the shot, but relief ripped through him that he was still bound.
“This is a change,” Rem said. His words slurred together as he spoke.
Nero snorted.
“Don’t get used to it,” he said and glanced over to Rem. “It just wasn’t supposed to go this way.”
Rem trudged along quietly and stopped just outside his door.
“I thought you wanted to see me like this,” Rem said. He gave a little laugh. It made his side hurt.
Nero glared at him.
“This isn’t right,” Nero said. “It’s not how they trained us. War is not fought in a lab and commanded by cowards who hide.”
Rem nodded. It was a question of honor. There was no honor this way.
“You could side with us,” Rem said quietly.
It was a risk to even voice the suggestion, but they were already killing him anyway. If anything, he knew they’d keep him long enough for whatever Agatha had planned.
Nero laughed. “And live happily at the lodge? As I am?” He shook his head. “I don’t belong out there. You can’t even handle the humans at the lodge as is, and you think they would be accepting of this face? They say you’re monsters. I look the part.”
Rem winced. It was true. What Nero faced was nothing like the rest of them. They couldn’t even begin to understand.
Nero slapped the door open and shoved him in.
“Quit worrying about my shit, and worry about your own,” he said gruffly. “Why you still can.”
The door slammed shut behind him.
Rem chuckled to himself. He certainly had plenty of reason to worry about himself.
Chapter Eight
“You don’t have to go,” Jenna’s uncle said to her as she got ready the next morning.
They had talked for some time the previous day. Actually, it was more like her uncle fired off questions and then listened to the answers. At the end, he didn’t really say much beyond that things were already in play. Still, she knew he wasn’t happy with the situation.
Jenna was surprised really. Everything in her had hoped he would step in and tell Titus to help Rem. How could she be the only one that cared?
“He’ll be waiting for me,” she said and stuffed the food she’d made into her bag.
“They could send someone else,” he said and ran a hand through his salt and pepper hair.
She turned from the kitchen table and gave him a skeptical look.
“Who?” she said. “They need someone non-hybrid. I’m pretty much the only choice.”
He sighed and sat down hard in a chair next to her.
“You aren’t, but you’re the only person he trusts.”
Jenna halted her packing. It was true. Titus had said it the other day and then again the previous night. Remus had picked her for this. She was the person he trusted.
“All the more the reason I have to go,” she said.
“Do you love him?”
Jenna nearly dropped the bag.
She had been thinking about that very question in the past few weeks, ever since their kiss the night he left. And if she was being totally honest, even before that as well.
Over and over she ran through her thoughts on the issue and came to the same conclusion. Rem made her feel something, and that was pretty rare for her. She couldn’t really say if it was love. That would mean she’d have to know what love was.
She honestly didn’t know if she’d felt love. When she left school, there really hadn’t been much chance to meet men. It wasn’t that she was unhappy, but there were moments when she wished she had someone to share things with.
She snorted a
“I want to hear from Titus,” her uncle said. “And there had better be a damn good explanation.”
* * *
Rem’s feet wouldn’t move like he wanted. He needed to put one foot in front of the other, but couldn’t seem to make it happen.
“Just lean,” Nero said quietly.
Rem tried to focus, but like with his feet, nothing was working like it should.
They stumbled along. His body ached with each step.
He couldn’t remember what happened after the shot, but relief ripped through him that he was still bound.
“This is a change,” Rem said. His words slurred together as he spoke.
Nero snorted.
“Don’t get used to it,” he said and glanced over to Rem. “It just wasn’t supposed to go this way.”
Rem trudged along quietly and stopped just outside his door.
“I thought you wanted to see me like this,” Rem said. He gave a little laugh. It made his side hurt.
Nero glared at him.
“This isn’t right,” Nero said. “It’s not how they trained us. War is not fought in a lab and commanded by cowards who hide.”
Rem nodded. It was a question of honor. There was no honor this way.
“You could side with us,” Rem said quietly.
It was a risk to even voice the suggestion, but they were already killing him anyway. If anything, he knew they’d keep him long enough for whatever Agatha had planned.
Nero laughed. “And live happily at the lodge? As I am?” He shook his head. “I don’t belong out there. You can’t even handle the humans at the lodge as is, and you think they would be accepting of this face? They say you’re monsters. I look the part.”
Rem winced. It was true. What Nero faced was nothing like the rest of them. They couldn’t even begin to understand.
Nero slapped the door open and shoved him in.
“Quit worrying about my shit, and worry about your own,” he said gruffly. “Why you still can.”
The door slammed shut behind him.
Rem chuckled to himself. He certainly had plenty of reason to worry about himself.
Chapter Eight
“You don’t have to go,” Jenna’s uncle said to her as she got ready the next morning.
They had talked for some time the previous day. Actually, it was more like her uncle fired off questions and then listened to the answers. At the end, he didn’t really say much beyond that things were already in play. Still, she knew he wasn’t happy with the situation.
Jenna was surprised really. Everything in her had hoped he would step in and tell Titus to help Rem. How could she be the only one that cared?
“He’ll be waiting for me,” she said and stuffed the food she’d made into her bag.
“They could send someone else,” he said and ran a hand through his salt and pepper hair.
She turned from the kitchen table and gave him a skeptical look.
“Who?” she said. “They need someone non-hybrid. I’m pretty much the only choice.”
He sighed and sat down hard in a chair next to her.
“You aren’t, but you’re the only person he trusts.”
Jenna halted her packing. It was true. Titus had said it the other day and then again the previous night. Remus had picked her for this. She was the person he trusted.
“All the more the reason I have to go,” she said.
“Do you love him?”
Jenna nearly dropped the bag.
She had been thinking about that very question in the past few weeks, ever since their kiss the night he left. And if she was being totally honest, even before that as well.
Over and over she ran through her thoughts on the issue and came to the same conclusion. Rem made her feel something, and that was pretty rare for her. She couldn’t really say if it was love. That would mean she’d have to know what love was.
She honestly didn’t know if she’d felt love. When she left school, there really hadn’t been much chance to meet men. It wasn’t that she was unhappy, but there were moments when she wished she had someone to share things with.
She snorted a
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