The Always War
“In the instant after Gideon’s voice died out, Tessa stared at him so hard that she could see the individual beads of sweat caught in his eyebrows. She could see the crust of a scab already forming over the cut on his cheekbone. She could see the way his hands trembled as he held them in the air. She could see the slight smear of what might be vomit on the formerly pure-white cuff of his uniform sleeve.
But she didn’t see any recoil in his body from bullets hitting it; she didn’t see any bloom o...f suddenly gushing blood on the section of the uniform covering his heart.
She kept looking. She seemed incapable of doing anything else.
Not Dek.
“What?” Dek demanded, her voice hoarse with fury or fear. Tessa couldn’t be sure which one it was. “You can’t just stop like that. You’ve committed to this course of action—you keep surrendering until they’re carrying you away in handcuffs and leg irons!”
Gideon turned his head very, very slowly.
“I don’t think there’s anyone out there,”MoreLess
But she didn’t see any recoil in his body from bullets hitting it; she didn’t see any bloom o...f suddenly gushing blood on the section of the uniform covering his heart.
She kept looking. She seemed incapable of doing anything else.
Not Dek.
“What?” Dek demanded, her voice hoarse with fury or fear. Tessa couldn’t be sure which one it was. “You can’t just stop like that. You’ve committed to this course of action—you keep surrendering until they’re carrying you away in handcuffs and leg irons!”
Gideon turned his head very, very slowly.
“I don’t think there’s anyone out there,”MoreLess
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