“With guns?” I ask, glancing up at him.“Or other weapons,” he says with a shrug. “Paint-coated dulled knives, the like. The point is – you get paint on you, you’re dead. We’re watched from above,” he says, pointing up towards the sky, “with cameras. If you die you’ll get a notification to clear the
Jackson just stares at me, shocked and unblinking – and for a split second I realize how rare it actually is for people to look him in the eye and defy him.But his surprise is not long lived, replaced immediately by anger.“Ariel, you will fall in line –““No way!” I throw back, baring my teeth at
Jackson glares hard into my eyes, I think hating me a little bit right now for not being easy and simple and falling in line with his plans to be overprotective.“You know I’m right, Jackson. That we have a better chance of winning with you down there instead of up here.”He sighs sharply through hi
I don’t have any words in response, completely overwhelmed as I am at the incredible compliment Jackson just gave me, at the impossible way that he sees me and how incredibly much he loves me. So I just stare at Jackson, and open my side of our bond completely, letting him feel all the love and prid
“We don’t know which is which,” Rafe says into my ear, “though obviously knowing which one belongs to Wright is going to be useful. Both teams are going to be sending out runners – scouts – trying to get the lay of the land. Wright will probably use Luca for that. So, if you see Luca coming from the
I take a moment to memorize the location of the enemy soldiers before I set my binoculars aside, pulling my gun over to me. When I put myself in position to fire and again look down the scope, I find the soldiers quickly, moving down the ravine towards the river, not bothering to try to be sneaky an
“Numbers are…fucking off.” Rafe growls. “And not a single person from Wright and Blythe’s team has made an appearance, except those few across the river that the other team took out.”“What are you thinking?” Jacks murmurs.“I think they’re trying to lure us forward,” Rafe sighs. “And that if we don
I do my best to keep my breaths quiet and even as two, then three more enemy soldiers move out onto my plateau. I peer at their faces through the leaves of the bushes in which I’m hiding, trying to see if one of them is Wright, if one of their eyes is lit with the violence I saw in him that day – th