like this girl so much you're asking me to submit to a full day of taunting by my sister in closed quarters?" Rober's voice rose in pitch. "And since we're broaching the subject, you're asking me to do this, knowing how I feel about you and flinging it in my face."
The whole conversation went too deep for comfort too fast. "Rober…I told you…It wouldn't be right. I don't feel the same about you. I'd only be going through the motions. Is that what you want?"
"You said you couldn't feel that way about anyone." Rober's voice was barely audible above the hum of the engine.
"It is the truth. And none of that's changed now," Ty answered, wanting the conversation to end. "Look, I know it's a huge favor. I'll make it up to you. But if you don't want to help then say it, and I'll think of something else."
Lana's whoop rose from the command room and killed the conversation. "Yes! We're finally going home."
"Fine, we'll tell her your story. You owe me a favor too now," Rober whispered. "By the way, you'll want to take more care with how you look at the girl."
"What do you mean?"
"The only person I've ever seen you look at with such devotion is Eve."
"Eve? That's totally different. She's my sister, I just want to make sure she's alright."
"All I'm saying is, Lana's not stupid. She'll see it too," Rober said and walked to the command room from which Lana's humming could be heard.
CHAPTER SEVEN
Maya sat on the floor of the hovercraft's cockpit, afraid to go near the pilot seats. Lights flashed across the transparent control board, the terrain they were flying over a constantly changing hologram off to the side of it. Giles slid down the black metal wall next to her.
"Now what did we get ourselves into?" he asked. "If this adventure involves meeting Violetta Remarque then I'm not sure it was one of your better ideas."
He chuckled after he said it, but there was an edge in his voice. Maya had growing doubts of her own. Should she have stayed at home? What if her mother didn't make it through the winter? How would she get back?
Meeting Ty's mother was the least of Maya's worries.
"Ty was eager to avoid her. He seems to think he can."
The doors slid open with a faint hiss. Ty stood in the doorway and motioned for them to accompany him. Another kid with white hair and coal black eyes came in and sat down at the control board.
"Call me once we reach the first checkpoint, Adam," Ty told him before shutting the door behind them.
A strip of blue light illuminated the sides of the vehicle's main hallway. Ty still wore his black bodysuit, and his thick black hair was wet, combed back off his forehead, forming perfect waves. His winter eyes never met Maya's. For all the recognition he gave her, they might have been complete strangers.
"Where are you taking us?" Maya asked.
Ty didn't turn around at her question. "Follow me and don't speak unless someone asks you a question. We've had to make up a reason for you to be here, and it's in your own interest to go along with it."
"What kind of reason?"
"You don't need to know."
He spoke to her as though she were his servant. Maya grabbed his arm and pulled him back. "I want to know."
"Calm down, Maya," Giles whispered urgently.
Ty shook off her hand and continued walking. "Do as I say, or find your own way to Neo York."
"Fine. Let us out now!" She didn't want any favors from this cold, commanding kid. He was nothing like the one who'd begged her to save his cat yesterday.
Ty looked around, as though making sure they were alone. Just as he was about to speak a door slid open. The snake-eyed girl grinned at her menacingly. "Look who it is. The loudmouth from the pub. I should have known."
Ty walked over to her and slid his arm around her waist. Maya and Giles followed them to a large common area of the hovercraft. Another control board with a wall screen dominated one of the walls, but this one was turned off.
The rest of the hunting party sat in chairs around
The whole conversation went too deep for comfort too fast. "Rober…I told you…It wouldn't be right. I don't feel the same about you. I'd only be going through the motions. Is that what you want?"
"You said you couldn't feel that way about anyone." Rober's voice was barely audible above the hum of the engine.
"It is the truth. And none of that's changed now," Ty answered, wanting the conversation to end. "Look, I know it's a huge favor. I'll make it up to you. But if you don't want to help then say it, and I'll think of something else."
Lana's whoop rose from the command room and killed the conversation. "Yes! We're finally going home."
"Fine, we'll tell her your story. You owe me a favor too now," Rober whispered. "By the way, you'll want to take more care with how you look at the girl."
"What do you mean?"
"The only person I've ever seen you look at with such devotion is Eve."
"Eve? That's totally different. She's my sister, I just want to make sure she's alright."
"All I'm saying is, Lana's not stupid. She'll see it too," Rober said and walked to the command room from which Lana's humming could be heard.
CHAPTER SEVEN
Maya sat on the floor of the hovercraft's cockpit, afraid to go near the pilot seats. Lights flashed across the transparent control board, the terrain they were flying over a constantly changing hologram off to the side of it. Giles slid down the black metal wall next to her.
"Now what did we get ourselves into?" he asked. "If this adventure involves meeting Violetta Remarque then I'm not sure it was one of your better ideas."
He chuckled after he said it, but there was an edge in his voice. Maya had growing doubts of her own. Should she have stayed at home? What if her mother didn't make it through the winter? How would she get back?
Meeting Ty's mother was the least of Maya's worries.
"Ty was eager to avoid her. He seems to think he can."
The doors slid open with a faint hiss. Ty stood in the doorway and motioned for them to accompany him. Another kid with white hair and coal black eyes came in and sat down at the control board.
"Call me once we reach the first checkpoint, Adam," Ty told him before shutting the door behind them.
A strip of blue light illuminated the sides of the vehicle's main hallway. Ty still wore his black bodysuit, and his thick black hair was wet, combed back off his forehead, forming perfect waves. His winter eyes never met Maya's. For all the recognition he gave her, they might have been complete strangers.
"Where are you taking us?" Maya asked.
Ty didn't turn around at her question. "Follow me and don't speak unless someone asks you a question. We've had to make up a reason for you to be here, and it's in your own interest to go along with it."
"What kind of reason?"
"You don't need to know."
He spoke to her as though she were his servant. Maya grabbed his arm and pulled him back. "I want to know."
"Calm down, Maya," Giles whispered urgently.
Ty shook off her hand and continued walking. "Do as I say, or find your own way to Neo York."
"Fine. Let us out now!" She didn't want any favors from this cold, commanding kid. He was nothing like the one who'd begged her to save his cat yesterday.
Ty looked around, as though making sure they were alone. Just as he was about to speak a door slid open. The snake-eyed girl grinned at her menacingly. "Look who it is. The loudmouth from the pub. I should have known."
Ty walked over to her and slid his arm around her waist. Maya and Giles followed them to a large common area of the hovercraft. Another control board with a wall screen dominated one of the walls, but this one was turned off.
The rest of the hunting party sat in chairs around
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