Revival (The Variant Series, #1)
Author: Jena Leigh
Synopsis: Possessing
the uncanny ability to fry a television set from twenty paces can really wreck
a girl’s social life.
If you’re looking for proof, just ask sixteen-year-old Alexandra Parker. After catching her boyfriend in the arms of the prettiest girl in school, she made the journey from social elite to social pariah in a haze of electricity and exploding electronics. But finding herself at the bottom of Bay View High’s social hierarchy was nothing compared to the shock of discovering who—and what—she really is.
After being zapped out of a burning bookstore by the mysterious Declan—a hero nearly as handsome as he is infuriating—Alex finds herself under the protection of the powerful Grayson family. It’s through them that she learns the truth: that the world she’s always known is nothing like it appears to be... and that she has far more in common with them than she might want to believe.
Now, on the run from a fire-wielding hit man and a secretive government organization, Alex must navigate a strange and treacherous new world filled with superhuman mutants known as Variants. As she begins to unravel the many secrets of her family’s past, she uncovers the real reason for her parents’ death twelve years earlier—and finds out that the threat to her family, and to everyone she cares about, is still dangerously real.
If you’re looking for proof, just ask sixteen-year-old Alexandra Parker. After catching her boyfriend in the arms of the prettiest girl in school, she made the journey from social elite to social pariah in a haze of electricity and exploding electronics. But finding herself at the bottom of Bay View High’s social hierarchy was nothing compared to the shock of discovering who—and what—she really is.
After being zapped out of a burning bookstore by the mysterious Declan—a hero nearly as handsome as he is infuriating—Alex finds herself under the protection of the powerful Grayson family. It’s through them that she learns the truth: that the world she’s always known is nothing like it appears to be... and that she has far more in common with them than she might want to believe.
Now, on the run from a fire-wielding hit man and a secretive government organization, Alex must navigate a strange and treacherous new world filled with superhuman mutants known as Variants. As she begins to unravel the many secrets of her family’s past, she uncovers the real reason for her parents’ death twelve years earlier—and finds out that the threat to her family, and to everyone she cares about, is still dangerously real.
Babysitting.
Declan
O’Connell had been reduced to babysitting.
This was
so humiliating. He was going to have to have a talk with Grayson when he got
home. Surely his punishment for last month’s misunderstanding should be nearing
an end.
It wasn’t
his fault they needed a new roof in the atrium. That had been entirely
Nathaniel’s doing. Declan had merely supplied a little motivation. It was the
Golden Boy that did the glass breaking.
So how
was it that the Golden Boy kept picking up all the choice jobs, while Declan
was stuck trailing around after high schoolers?
He leaned
heavily against the brick wall of the alley and watched as his target
disappeared into a restaurant across the street, only to reappear a few moments
later on the wraparound patio, trailing after a hostess. They settled in at a
table overlooking the water.
At least
with this vantage point he wouldn’t have to follow them into the restaurant.
She’d
spotted him twice already. Not that he was particularly trying to hide from her
at this point. It made things easier when the target didn’t know he was there,
sure, but there wasn’t any hard and fast rule about it.
Declan
had been shadowing the pair for nearly an hour before he’d realized that
something was off.
Usually,
his job involved protecting innocent humans from the monsters that walked
amongst them unnoticed. From the things that went bump in the night. Things a
whole lot like him, just without the charm … or a functioning moral compass.
Judging
from the haze of static electricity that followed the girl around like a rain
cloud, however, there was something very different about this mark.
Playing a
hunch, he’d broken his cover and followed the two girls into a clothing shop.
Ten minutes later the store’s registers were toast and his suspicions had been
confirmed.
He
wondered if the girl knew what she was.
Better
yet, he wondered if Grayson had known when he’d given Declan the assignment and
just hadn’t said anything.
“I want you to keep an eye on the girl, Declan.”
“No other specifics?”
“Just keep her away from bookstores, if you can.”
Bookstores.
Thanks,
Grayson. That helps.
Apparently
whoever said, “no harm ever came from reading a book” hadn’t met this girl.
Grayson’s
orders were usually pretty detailed. The fact that these weren’t could mean a
couple of things. Either Grayson didn’t know the specifics of the danger
the girl was facing, or he did, but for whatever reason, he felt Declan
didn’t need to know.
It was
the second possibility that worried him.
He didn’t
think that Grayson would ever intentionally send him out on an assignment at a
disadvantage, but if Grayson felt like he couldn’t trust Declan with the
details, then Declan wanted to know why.
The cell
phone tucked in his jacket pocket began to vibrate. He fished it out and
checked the screen.
The
caller ID read “GRAYSON.”
Declan
narrowed his eyes at the shuddering phone. Weird. Grayson never called anyone
while they were in the field. He knew better.
Returning
his gaze to the restaurant patio, Declan answered the call. “Miss me already?”
“I want
an update on the girl.”
Declan
considered telling him what he’d learned about her, and then thought the better
of it. That could wait. “She’s spending the day shopping with a friend.”
“Shopping?”
“Clothes
shopping. No bookstores in sight. Not so far, anyway.”
“Hmm.”
“You
going to tell me why this girl is so special you’re calling me for updates? My
next check-in’s not for another two hours.”
“Just do
your job, Declan. Keep her safe.”
The line
went dead.
If Declan
had been suspicious before, now he was outright convinced that something was
up.
What was
so important about this girl?
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