Dangerous to Heal by Rebecca M. Zornow EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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Yaniqui (Yan-i-key)
Agriculture Planet No. 4,278
Yaniqui lay in wait, hiding. The amber glow of sunset lit the normally
dingy brown grasses until they shone like polished gold. Next to her,
Sario’s breath came faster than usual. Heat radiated off his sweaty body.
She told herself not to look. To look at him would be the end of their
friendship.
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Instead, she watched the overseer’s feet recede. She willed Fra Yu to
walk faster even as she felt Sario’s eyes on the mess of black curls that
brushed her cheek. Don’t tuck it, she willed Sario. Don’t you dare tuck my
hair behind my ear.
The older man’s steps took him around the building’s corner. Yaniqui
risked a look at Sario, their waiting task thankfully pulling them out of the
quiet, intimate moment. Her face broke into a smile of mischief and she
tilted her head forward, goading him toward the office. Yaniqui pushed
herself up and brushed debris from her faded waist wrap. Her back and
thighs hurt from working all day in pale greenish-yellow dirt with a basket
on her back, but it nearly didn’t matter.
Yaniqui kept watch while Sario punched in the security code he had
traded half his breakfast for. The door chimed and lifted Yaniqui’s spirits.
They slipped into Fra Yu’s office. Though routinely secured, there was
little worth stealing inside the room. The chair and desk were made from
thick ugly plastic. Dozens of overseers could use the same sturdy furniture
and never need bother corporate with requests for new supplies. Yaniqui
wasn’t here for any of it. She was here for information.
The top drawer glided open beneath her fingers, and she pulled out a
thin cylinder the length of her forearm. She slid the sides apart, one stick in
either hand. When the right side unfurled fully, the empty air between each
stick snapped to attention and became rigid. Words and images appeared,
shimmering within the gap.
“Watch the door,” she told Sario.
The holographic newsreel sputtered from poor connection and Yaniqui
gave the sticks a soft shake. The fractured images stabilized into clear
pictures. Yaniqui pretended to read the daily news, but when Sario turned
his back, she performed a search: H-L-O-B-A-N. Then B-A-Y-U-L, H-L-OB-A-N.
Her stomach gave a lurch when she saw a new search result, but it was
only an article about a Shou University professor with a similar name. A
few minutes more, and nothing satisfactory to be found. Yaniqui refitted the
sides of the Loscroll together and replaced the cylinder in Fra Yu’s desk
drawer.
Sario turned at the sound of the drawer shutting. “And what in the news
today was worth risking our meal vouchers for?” His smile belied his
words. He’d give up twelve meals to wreak havoc with Yaniqui.
“Only a disappointing absence of information.” Yaniqui shrugged a
shoulder and spun on her boot toward the door.
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