![]() Stateless
Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / iBooks / Google Play Audiobook narrated by Joe Arden and Andi Arndt! -- EXCERPT: I do not sleep. Kina does, though, and that matters more. Sleep is a luxury when we are in Woods. She knows it. I know I should catch an hour or two, especially with my five-night punishment and determination to go for six, but I can’t. What did I just say? What did I just do? Kina has the dreams. I have the dreams. I’ve never told anyone else anything that wasn’t one hundred per-cent part of The Mission. To confess emotion, to confess my own dreams that do not fit The Mission, could be punished by death. Or worse. What if I really am so weak? Emotion is shameful. It’s disgusting. We fail every time we feel. She knows this. I know this. And yet we both spoke. Shared. Confided. Why? What does this mean? With her sleeping beside me, I let my mind wander, giving in to the luxury of imagination. For years, the dream has been the same. A burning wood fire. A screaming boy. A woman with long hair being shot. A man with a shaved head and blue eyes like mine beaten by another man with a log. And me with my bow and arrow. My hands are tiny, the skin around the knuckles dimpled. I’ve worked with the four-year-olds here at the compound. I know what young hands look like. Why would I dream like that? ![]()
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