Resistance (The Variant Series, #2)
Genre: YA Fantasy
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Synopsis: Alexandra Parker might be the most powerful Variant the world has ever seen—but even that won’t get her out of finishing her junior year of high school.
The challenge of keeping her abilities under wraps during class is daunting enough, but throw one surly, sandy-haired Jumper into the mix, and things can get downright complicated.
Declan’s new job? Watch over Alex while she’s at school and do everything in his power to keep her from losing control. But as sparks of every kind begin flying between Alex and her new bodyguard, she's left feeling more unstable than ever.
When avoiding her abilities results in a surprise visit from her parents’ killer, Alex’s worlds collide with a bang that nearly levels Bay View High.
With her freedom now squarely in the Agency’s crosshairs, Alex will be faced with the fight of her life… and a decision that could forever alter the course of her destiny.
SNEAK PEEK
Alex
froze just inside the doorway.
The
hallway that stretched out before her was packed with bodies, filled to
capacity with students milling beside lockers and meandering toward their
classes.
She took
a breath and held it.
Kenzie
and Cassie quickly disappeared into the crowd, leaving her behind.
Why
hadn’t she walked the long way around the building? Her homeroom was three
hallways and a commons area away, and the entire path would be packed until the
second bell.
The
sounds of conversation and laughter grew louder, surpassed in volume only by
the sudden thudding of her heart as it pounded frantically against her ribcage.
So many
people… all it would take is one touch from the wrong one, she thought. One
touch, and I could lose control.
Move. She
needed to move.
Someone
brushed past her, jostling Alex’s shoulder as they entered through the double
doors behind her.
Alex
swallowed a whimper, searching frantically for an empty space in the chaos.
Hugging
her arms tightly around her middle, Alex found an opening in the crowd and made
her way to a narrow wall between two classroom doors, pressing her back against
it and aching for an escape.
Closing
her eyes, Alex fought to steady her breathing, then sucked in another ragged
breath after being startled by the sound of the first bell blasting from a
loudspeaker mounted to the wall above her head.
“Never
pegged you as the agoraphobic type.”
Alex
opened her eyes.
A smiling
face stared down at her, a few short inches from her own.
Her first
instinct was to jerk away, but a warm hand on her shoulder had pinned her
firmly in place.
“Hold
still, Alex,” Declan ordered. With his left hand placed protectively on one
shoulder and his right hand pressed against the wall on her other side, Alex
was effectively boxed in.
“Declan,
you can’t—” she began, shrugging her shoulder where he held it in place.
Declan
inched his fingers farther away from her exposed collarbone and down her
sleeve, but still didn’t pull away. “You’re fine,” he said. “Just breathe.”
Students
filed past on both sides. Alex eyed them nervously.
“Look at
me,” Declan said quietly. “Not at them.”
Alex did
as she was told. Declan just shook his head, smiling.
“You
know, it’s probably a good thing you can’t jump right now,” he said in an
undertone. “I would not have wanted to explain to Grayson why you
teleported in the middle of a crowded hallway with dozens of witnesses.”
Ashes.
Cinnamon.
Declan.
Alex’s
head swam with the sensory overload. Having Declan standing so close was only
making it more difficult to pull herself together. She’d forgotten just how
easily his nearness could knock her for a loop.
He was
still smiling down at her as though they were just another normal couple
stealing a quiet moment alone, instead of two Variants standing in the midst of
a sea of humanity, while one of them tried to keep the other from falling apart
entirely.
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