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Even though it had only been a single word, that e from my dad had flipped my entire world upside down For a split second I’d actually allowed htmare had finally co to come back to life, I had no idea if, or when, I’d ever see ain

"Kyra," Siht have been the"

"Yeah Coulda been a trap," Jett paused to interject

I glanced down at the gibberish-looking commands that filled the screen, and felt a flare of hope when I saw that he at least had the thing rebooting I held e we’d seen right before the whole coet that--still be there after Jett was done working his one for sure

"Shut up," I insisted to both of thehed because I knew they’d never help me if I didn’t at least try to be nicer about it

I hadn’t been all that nice to Simon since he and I had had to leave Devil’s Hole all by ourselves, without either Tyler or h I wasn’t sure if it was because I was asha Tyler with my blood, or because I was mad Si in the first place The only thing that was clear was that I hadn’t wanted to talk to hih I didn’t particularly want to be nice now, it wouldn’t do any good to alienate the, both of you It had to be hi I had, e "Who else would call e of his narrow nose, and he was so close I could olden-y flecks that seemed to float in his copper-colored eyes "You know that was your dad’s online handle the entire five years you were

Supernova16 It had been plastered all over e boards for years Anyone anted to could have sleuthed that mystery out on their own

He heldfor me to back down, to ad, because there was always a possibility, wasn’t there? And when I didn’t--not so ht I was aze dropped to the screen and he studied Jett’s impressive recovery of the laptop with just a little too nized the look in his eyes

Pity

Simon hadn’t for one second believed it had been e And now, because he knew I did, he felt sorry forthem alone with their stupid computerand all their stupid unwanted pity I wasn’t sure why I was so pissed that neither of the after me, especially since I hadn’t really expected them to, but I still totally was And since I was the heroine in this melodrama in my head, I could be as pissy as I wanted

But even if they’d tried to stop me, I’d have been pissed about that too, so they couldn’t win for losing

I was surprised to find Tho outside the te to say But carrying on an actual conversation was the last thing I wanted to do, so I lowered htest stab of guilt

Mostly I are of how loudly I’d been , deteretaway, I uncrossedthat, at the very least, he hadn’t heard the foul things I’d been saying about Siirl residences and boy residences We had the Silent Creek campers’ residences--entire houses where Thom’s Returned dwelled, soned the entire homes to themselves--and the two small rooms we’d been allotted when Simon had ushered us here after his camp had been disbanded After the No-Suchers had discovered his hidden fortress at the abandoned Hanford site back in Washington

But two roo, not really It was just nice to have a place we could call our own, even if we had to bunk with our fellow Returned Willow’s bed was directly across fro her things, I nudged her storage container--one of those plastic bins--with the toe ofa few minutes to myself didn’t just make me calmer, it

When Si sullenly at the floor I glanced at the bedside clock, and an uneasy jolt rippled through me as I realized that over an hour had passed--sixty-six wholeover Sie and all the reasons ere stuck here in the on in the first place

"Kyra?" Simon stepped inside the doorway, and I felt my stomach drop when I heard the way he said , like I was too soft and needed coddling As if he pitied ain