In the wake of several near-cataclysmic events, humanity created the Cure, a DNA-altering antidote to death by disease and old age. But all cures come with side effects: a small percentage of the population develops a wide range of powers, some lethal to others and some lethal to the wielder.<br><br>These people are called the Estranged, hunted and shunned, safe only on the Island of Exile. It is here that Kaeva and Eddie meet ... and where they set a prophecy in motion, quite possibly sealing their own demise, and even the end of Exile.

Breaker

Eddie sat up straighter. This was the man who didn’t have sex, this god of attraction. What a fucking shame.


“I’d risk it.” He didn’t mean to speak the words, and he held his breath while he waited to see if Kaeva would react. When Kaeva didn’t, Eddie pantomimed a long sigh of relief and leaned closer. “I would,” he told Kaeva, though his voice wasn’t loud enough even to warrant the word whisper. “It’d be a hell of a way to go.”


He slid to the floor on one knee, wincing at the creak the chair made under him. That sounddidcause a slight tremor in Kaeva’s fingers, as though Kaeva was testing the air currents with his fingertips. It only lasted a second before Kaeva stilled again, though.


I’m going to touch him,Eddie told the voice in his head.


Chapter 50