The Secret Hour
“BEASTS OF PREY Along with a flood of terror, a few morsels of Jessica’s daylong cram session trickled into her mind.
“Jonathan, this tower’s made of steel, isn’t it?”
He shook his head. “It’s not clean. Nothing this far out of town is.”
“Oh, right. So we…”
“Jump.”
They locked hands and stepped to the edge of the water tower. Jonathan placed one foot squarely on the guardrail and pulled lightly upward. They floated up to a precarious balance on the thin rail.
“One, two…”
... Even though she was nearly weightless, Jessica’s sneakers were unsteady. She bent her knees as she and Jonathan slowly listed forward, seeing nothing below but the hard ground.
“… three.”
They pushed off, almost straight out from the tower. Jessica realized that Jonathan had meant it to work exactly this way.MoreLess
“Jonathan, this tower’s made of steel, isn’t it?”
He shook his head. “It’s not clean. Nothing this far out of town is.”
“Oh, right. So we…”
“Jump.”
They locked hands and stepped to the edge of the water tower. Jonathan placed one foot squarely on the guardrail and pulled lightly upward. They floated up to a precarious balance on the thin rail.
“One, two…”
... Even though she was nearly weightless, Jessica’s sneakers were unsteady. She bent her knees as she and Jonathan slowly listed forward, seeing nothing below but the hard ground.
“… three.”
They pushed off, almost straight out from the tower. Jessica realized that Jonathan had meant it to work exactly this way.MoreLess
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