Resist (The Harvest Saga Book 2) Read Online Free PDF

to keep it that way, since I was involved now. She began our training. We would need to strengthen our bodies, sharpen our minds, and prepare. For what, exactly, I was not sure. But I was told that we would strike after Marian and I were wed. We would wait until all citizens were high on love and hope before jerking those feelings of security out from under them.
    I just hoped that after all was said and done, I could find my way back to Abby. She was my forever. And if helping the resistance got me back to her, I would do whatever it took.
     

     
    Kyan worked into the night , and as soon the stew I made over the fire was finished, I wolfed it down, cleaned myself as best as I could, and collapsed into bed.
     
    He was after me. Norris. I ran through the foggy orchard, branches grabbing at me in the eerie moonlight. The sound of hoofs pounding the dirt behind me filled my ears. He was getting closer. I was almost out of the trees. I only had to make it to the fence. I pumped my arms and strained to run as fast as I could. My calves screamed and my lungs burned. Only a few more feet! A snake coiled around my waist, poised to strike. It’s stark white with eyes the color of fresh blood. It bears its fangs and I tense up, waiting for the inevitable.
     
    “Abs, wake up!”
    Someone was shaking me. Hard. I opened my eyes to see Gray. I hadn’t seen him since he left this morning. I tried to figure out where I was. What was going on?
    “Gray?”
    “Yeah, I’ve got you. You’re okay.” He held me against his chest and rocked me gently.
    After a few minutes, my heart and breathing slowed so I let loose of him a little. “You scared me,” he admitted.
    “I’m sorry. I had a nightmare.”
    “Must have been some kind of nightmare.”
    I nodded. “It was.”
    I never slept in pants, so I tried to cover up with the blanket still hovering around my waist. Gray glanced at me and then looked away with a slight smile on one side of his mouth.
    “Shut up.”
    He chuckled. “You’re very modest.”
    “And you aren’t?”
    Shrugging, he looked back over at me. “Not particularly.”
    “Well, I am. So, how was your day? What’s your assignment?”
    He sighed and lay back onto the mattress, staring at the ceiling. “I don’t belong here. But I don’t feel like I belong in Olympus anymore either.” He paused. “I’m overseeing the teams pruning the western orchard.”
    “I think I’m supposed to prune again tomorrow, but I’m not sure where. I’ll be assigned in the morning. They’re shifting teams daily. What time is it?”
    “It’s just after midnight. My shift just ended. I needed to talk to you for a minute.”
    “What’s up?”
    When he pulled the small communicator out of his pocket, my stomach sank. Memories of the words and pictures from yesterday flooded my mind. Gray typed something into the small keyboard. The screen illuminated. His eyes met mine as he held it out for me. “I thought you should know before anyone says anything about it tomorrow.” Not again. How could this possibly get worse?
    I took the tiny device. I read the words twice, just to be sure of what I’d seen. “Is this true?”
    He nodded. “Yes. It was announced today.”
    I threw the communicator back to him as if it were a hot coal in my hand. “I don’t believe it. The engagement was only just announced yesterday!” Not only was Crew getting married in two days , his bride-to-be was reported to be pregnant with their first child. The photograph on the comm showed a glowing and enamored couple, Crew’s hand resting gently on the side of her stomach.
    “His father is powerful.”
    “Yes, but he would never go along with this. He wouldn’t do this. Not after everything that happened. The only way she could be pregnant would be if she had the procedure.”
    Gray nodded in agreement, as he tucked the comm back into his pocket. “Perhaps something he loved was threatened, or someone.” He looked up at me with that last