Starcrossed (Starcrossed 1)

?But I?ll be with you, and you know all that stuff already!? She

stopped dead and gripping his hand tightly to her chest. ?I?m

strong enough now, I swear! Please? I?ve always dreamed of traveling!

> Lucas, you have no idea! My whole life I?ve wanted off this

island.?

?I know, and we will?soon! We?ll tape a map to a dartboard and

wherever we hit, we?ll go. Fiji, Finland, Florence, whatever!? he

said indulgently, pulling her against him to stop her from jumping

into the air and leaving without him. ?We can go eat sushi in Tokyo

263/395

every night until it gets boring. We can do whatever you want,

Helen. When you?re a better flier.?

?We really can, can?t we?? she asked breathlessly, noticing the

fact that they had both used the word ?we.? Then a less-pleasing

thought occurred to her. ?You?ve been doing this for a while now,

haven?t you? Running off to other continents when you had a few

hours to kill.?

?Yes, I have.?

?But always alone??

?We can carry people short distances when we fly if we have to,

but it?s unbelievably exhausting to tamper with other people?s

gravity. You?d be better off just walking there.?

He was attempting to sound lighthearted about it, but his face

was turned down. Helen looked at him sideways, trying to figure

out what it must be like to know that you could go to the Louvre

and see the Mona Lisa instead of just looking at a picture of it in a

book, but you?d have to go there by yourself. It must have been so

lonely for him. He?d been the only Scion who could fly for his entire

life, and that meant that he?d been isolated in a lot of

ways?until he met her.