Embers Spark (ORCFIRE #6) by Alana Khan EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Alana Khan
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Durga
This hole in the fence has been here for years, but it’s only lately I’ve
begun sneaking out of the Integration Zone.
Though I was born elsewhere, Earth is the only home I’ve ever known. I
was two when a hole ripped through the sky on An’Wa. I can’t remember it,
but I’ve heard the story so many times that the pictures in my mind are so
vivid it’s hard to believe the memories aren’t my own.
Although it’s been twenty-five years, my people still talk about it as though
it happened yesterday. Many species, many clans met at the twice-yearly
Gathering. There was music, trading, eating, and drinking.
On the second night of the festivities, the skies opened up, lightning
continuously lit the sky, and thunder rolled for long minutes.
A black hole appeared in the sky and silver threads, strong as steel, reached
through the hole, wrapped around random people, and sucked them through
to Earth.
Five thousand of us landed in the Mojave Desert, including my mother and
me. They called us Others and placed us here in the Integration Zone, a
fenced area on the outskirts of Los Angeles. We languished for years until
recently, when they finally allowed us outside the gates.
Allowed is one thing. Welcomed is quite another. I’m taking my life in my
hands by sneaking through this hidden gap in the fence.
On An’Wa we were warriors when necessary, nomadic in our very essence.
At least the orc clans were. Perhaps the need to roam is in my blood. Or
maybe it’s that my entire life has been restricted to ten square city blocks.
Now that the government allows u, it’s against my nature to stay confined.
I unroll the barbed wire from where it’s made to look like a seamless part of
the fence. After crawling out, I roll it back. Although I’m only inches away
from the Zone, I feel different already. At least it’s a taste of freedom.
Somehow, it’s easier to smell autumn in the air out here.
It’s easy to know where to go. I follow my nose to the water. We’re far from
the ocean. Ghettos aren’t in places with prime views. There’s a run-down
park I discovered nearby. It has trees and a small lake. There’s a children’s
playground there.
Some do-gooders donated play equipment to the Zone when I was still
young enough to enjoy it, but twirling on a little metal roundy-round inside
a fenced prison probably feels far different from how humans feel twirling
while breathing free.
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