But the things that had happened in those nal days at Sword & Cross had left Luce a person who took the world more seriously. As far as Luce's parents, Callie, and anyone else knew, she was still enrolled at Sword & Cross.Ī few weeks before, this would have infuriated her. The other teachers had been told that Luce's parents had requested a transfer. Cole had coached her about keeping a low pro le. Before she'd left Georgia this morning, Mr. 'You're not from around here, are you?' her seatmate asked. Sun-over-water had always meant morning to Atlantic coast?raised Luce. She looked out across the midnight-blue water, which seemed to stretch forever west. Almost a surprise after the time she'd spent with Daniel and the other-she was still unpracticed at using the terms literally-angels and demons. She pressed her forehead to the double plastic pane and tried to get a better view.

The stream pided a vibrant green eld on one side from a swirl of something bright red and white on the other. As they traced the south side of the bay, a winding blue tributary seemed to cut through the earth on its way to the sea. The plane was making its descent into San Francisco, and Luce had never seen anything like it before. 'Sorry,' they both said at the same time, each retreating a few inches on either side of the plane's armrest. She was face to face with a wide-eyed, brown-haired guy a few years older than her. The absence of his voice, his warmth, the touch of his wings: it had sunk into her bones, like a strange illness.Īn arm brushed against hers, and Luce opened her eyes. Ever since they'd said goodbye at Sword & Cross on Friday morning, Luce's whole body had felt groggy. It felt like a lifetime since she'd seen him, though it had really only been a few days. Half asleep, she found it so much easier to pretend she was already reunited with Daniel.

Luce planned on keeping her eyes closed all six hours of the cross-country ight from Georgia out to California, right up until the moment when the wheels of the plane touched down in San Francisco.

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