“First of all, I’d like to reassure everyone that our plans are on the right track,” he says. The Patriots’ canned food is a luxury, but, man, what I wouldn’t give for a hot meat pastry. A pair of soldiers hurry across the screen, their collars flipped up against the falling sleet, each of them munching on steaming empanadas. He points to a grainy video that shows some street near the Lamar train tracks Kaede and I had passed earlier. And you be safe too.” She squeezes my waist in response, then heads off to rejoin the other young Medics before I can attempt my apology again.Īfter she’s gone, I turn my attention back on Razor. Had she said those things to me earlier in the heat of the moment? Is she still angry? I lean over and give her a brief hug. So quick to forgive, in spite of everything. Her eyes are as wide as ever, so comforting that I find myself wishing she could come with me. She stops my apology with a hand on my arm. “Thanks, cousin,” I reply, tucking her gifts away in my own pockets. Tess’s concern leaves a warm feeling in my stomach. “They’ll warm you up if it’s too cold out there.”Īcts old enough to be my caretaker, I swear. Don’t do anything too crazy.” Tess nods at the blue pills in my hand. “I know how you get when your adrenaline’s pumping. There’s no sign of the earlier tension between us. “Stay safe tonight, okay?” she says breathlessly, fixing me with a firm stare. She makes her way over to me, then pulls out two pills and a small roll of clean bandages from her pocket.

Prodigy by Marie Lu