Chapter 29
The exhaustion of his own fear, and of not being able to sleep every time Etan spoke of Connor’s death in the darkness, caught up with Alex when they got back home that night. His sleep was deep and dreamless.
Etan’s words, clear as if he were wide awake, yanked Alex into consciousness a few hours later.
“The time has come. What we do now decides the future.”
Etan was facing away from him, close up against his body. He fought a nearly overpowering urge to shake Etan, turn on the bright overhead light, scream at him to stop. He touched his shoulder instead.
“The time for what, sweetie?”
“So many sacrifices, so much loss. All to prepare for this moment. Greater sacrifices will see us through or see us extinct.”
Evan’s words, and Etan’s, of Anne seeing choices surged into Al
