Bøger af Rebecca Clare Smith

"But Zander found a cure," Kitty's voice replied, a squeak in the void. A snort sounded. "Zander's never coming back. He only cares about himself. He won't be back for us." An angry pause. "She's going to die & become one of them. We'll have to kill her." "Then what was the point in saving me," I murmured, weakly opening my eyes. Hunted. Haunted. Heartbroken. Far from improving, Cadence Laurence's problems have only gotten worse with the uncrowned queen of the Wastelanders out for her blood. Literally. Trapped in a prison of her own making, with two wards that she has only lied to, & plagued by the ghost of her ex-lover, it seems like Cadence will never escape. Supplies are dwindling & so is her health. How long will it take for Alex & Kitty to uncover the truth & see the blood on her hands? Not to mention the blood she has yet to spill...

"I could be more cooperative..." My eyes darkened. "If we made a deal." Zander's gaze narrowed, but I didn't look over to him. Instead, I held Xanthia's calculating stare, feeling sure that if I turned away she'd strike. "Let my brother go free & I'll give you all the blood you need. I'll be compliant. I won't even try to escape." Endangered. Exhausted. Expecting. Cadence Laurence has been through hell, & yet she's still come out kicking & screaming on the other side. Her lifelong enemy, her own personal demon, Maurice, is finally dead. Once upon a time, this would have been the answer to all of her problems, but Xanthia, her once lover's ex, has kidnapped her brother, hoping to pump his blood for the cure that lies within. Only, Cadence isn't about to let that happen without a fight. She's hot on their trail with Zander by her side. Reunited with her once lover, can she trust him or is he still working for Xanthia? & can Cadence finally defeat the Queen of the Wastelands to save her brother? Or will this finally finish her off?

I snorted softly. "You expect me to believe that you came to town looking for a cure? I'm not stupid, Zander. There is no cure. There never will be." "Oh there is," he assured, staring right at me. "There has been for years." ---- Decontaminated. Deflowered. Defunct. Cadence Laurence has suffered pain and humiliation at the hands of the town committee, but the saving grace of her torture means nothing when her brother, Alex, and his girlfriend, Kitty break the rules for the last time. Now the only place they have left to go is on the run in the unforgiving Wastelands, a place where sand spiders and the Infected become the least of their problems when Cady's ex-lover escapes her darkened past and deepens their plight with an agenda of his own. Dodging Wastelanders out for blood and Kitty's father determined for revenge, can Cadence avoid a bite from the Infected long enough to save her two wards and escape or will her ex-lover's plans destroy them all? Warning: Mature content with reference to criminal, adult-themed acts that may serve as triggers. A novel of 51,160 words.