标题: 《The Anthvoke》作者： - Steve Berman 【EPUB】 [打印本页] 作者: zaq 时间: 2013-10-10 07:43 标题: 《The Anthvoke》作者： - Steve Berman 【EPUB】 The AnthvokeBy Steve BermanDearest ClayYoure going to be sad reading this I know. Jess and I took off for the Fallen Area. I can hear that groan --or are you cursingBut I had to. Ever since she first heard of the Fallen Jess has been obsessing about running away and becoming part of thestrangeness. There were nights she never slept just lay next to me and I knew she was wondering what was beyond the concretewalls and barbed wire quarantining parts of the city.I told her shes special and different from everyone else but that didnt seem to satisfy her. I think she needs to prove it.Thanks for letting us stay the last few days with you. I hope everything works out with you and that film student.So indebted to you it hurtsMarieThe two had spent the past few hours on the streets of the Fallen Area. Along the way their hands often met not just to help each otheralong but for that reassuring interweaving of fingers. Overhead clouds streaked across an angry red sky. Marie winded from their fastpace looked up at Jess for strength. Her lovers dark curls had become matted with sweat but those almost-black eyes shimmered withexpectation. Marie had considered stopping to catch her breath many times but always pressed on. But now so close to their goal sheneeded to rest. Her legs and sides burned. She stopped heaving in gulps of air. Jess seemed surprised that they werent moving anymore.She looked over at Marie. quotIm glad youre here with me.quot That was Jesss way of saying quotI love youquot to use different words that wereeasier to admit. Marie was slightly bent over hands on her knees but she still nodded. quotThis isnt the kind of place I want us to be.quotJess glanced down the street they found themselves on. To Marie it looked abandoned with shattered storefronts and debris piledalongside the pavement.quotCant you find someone else to learn fromquot Marie said. Jess made that face the one that mixed scolding and pleading. quotHon weve talkedabout