The Lofties (The Echelon Book 2) by Ramona Finn (no david read aloud .txt) 📕

me to mine, and we stood watching the village wind down for the night. I saw Ben and Jetha put out the last fire. The day watch knocked off and the night watch took over. A girl about my age tended to the sheep. Lock shifted beside me, and I heard him sigh.

“You know those new Decemites? Lazrad’s army?”

I shuddered. “Yeah.”

“I heard something about them. Something Nina told Jetha. I don’t know if it’s true, but if it is...” He made a snorting sound. “They came up with a name for themselves.”

“Besides Decemites?”

“Yeah.” Lock blew out a long breath. “It’s one of those things, you’ll laugh or you’ll cry—Skyseekers. They’re calling themselves Skyseekers.”

I went with laughter, a great echoing bark. “Skyseekers. It’s like getting excited for your own funeral. Picking out your coffin, the clothes you want to wear.”

“Unless we can give ‘em Sky. Let them have it for real.” Lock turned toward the mountains as the big house went dark. “I’ve heard talk in camp about Echelon in ruins, us dancing on its grave. But that’s not what I want. I want Echelon for everyone, and for everyone to live. For everyone to get to choose, Dirt or Sky, Dome or Outside.” He chuckled. “Me, I’m a homeseeker—call me dumb, call me brainwashed, but that house in the Stars, all my family together—I’d be happy with that. But if Sky’s their big dream—”

I threw my arms around him and hugged him, so tight he wheezed.

“What—what was that for?”

“I don’t know. Nothing. Just, I want that too.” I laughed again, weak with relief. “All this talk of war, all this us-and-them—”

“It doesn’t have to be that way.” His expression darkened. “We can’t let it be.”

“We won’t.” I slipped my hand into his, and we set out for the mountains. I’d seen enough now to know we’d set ourselves a daunting task, trying to shield our families from behind enemy lines. But with Lock on my side, I felt my resolve harden. We’d been Dirtbags and Decemites, Lofties and Outsiders, Skyseekers, homeseekers, and everything in between. We’d fight for them all as we’d walked with them all, and we’d forge our own path.

Lock squeezed my hand, as though sensing my thoughts. “We’re still driving to the ocean, though.”

“What?”

“Wherever we end up, whatever ends up happening, when all this is over, we’re driving to the coast.”

I grinned. “Radio blasting.”

The moon rose above us, and I tried not to feel afraid. I had Lock’s dreams and Ben’s passion, Reyland’s smarts, Nina’s courage. I had my own fierce resolve—but Lazrad had hers, and she had Ona, and her Skyseekers.

Everything hung in the balance, and the earth held its breath.

End of The Lofties

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About Ramona Finn

Ramona Finn writes about courageous characters who fight to live in broken, dystopian worlds. She grew up sitting cross-legged on her town's library floor - completely engrossed in science fiction books. It was always the futuristic world or the universe-on-the-brink-of-extinction plot lines that drew her in, but it was the brave characters who chose to fight back that kept her turning the pages.

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Myla will need to dig deep to save the ones she loves…

All her life, Myla was told Echelon was the only place humans could survive. A journey outside the domed city proved that was a lie. Now all the other lies told by Lady Lazrad, the leader of Echelon, are unravelling, leading Myla down a path to open rebellion.

At her side are Ben and Lock, one a rebel boy, the other a nanobot infused Decemite who fled Echelon with her. They’ve both helped her grow as a person and into her power, but her heart is confused over what she wants from either of them.

And she’s just as confused over the right path to take in the rising tensions. Lady Lazrad’s agenda is deadly…but the rebels are proving to be just as ruthless. Both sides want to turn her into a weapon, and as her powers grow, Myla begins to fear the massive destruction she could cause. She must reach deep within herself to find the strength to protect those dearest to her.

A full-out war would destroy them