Beginnings (The Trifectus Series - Book One) by Logan Byrne Read Free Book Online Page B

dearest Juliet,” it read, “I have something very important to talk to you about.  I shall find you at lunch so we can talk.”
    What was this about?  Was he going to break things off with me?  No, I thought.  After last night and the way he held me, there is no possible way he would do that to me.  I think he will tell me something good.
    I kept telling myself this all day long.  While we had many of the same classes together, I couldn’t find him at all.  It was as if he was absent for the day.  Why would he come and talk to me at lunch, though, if he didn’t show up for any classes?
    When the bell finally rang for lunch, I turned into an Olympic sprinter.  I pushed and shoved my way to the cafeteria and leaned against a wall to wait for him to arrive.  I waited for ten minutes without him showing up.  Just as I was about to give up hope,  there he was.
    “Hey,” I said.  “I got your note.  What’s wrong?” I asked.
    “Nothing at all.  I just wanted to ask you something,” he said.
    “Well, what’s it about?” I asked.
    “I was wondering if you were free this weekend.”
    Was he about to ask me out on a date?  Was this really happening? 
    “Y-yeah, I’m free,” I said, trying to contain my excitement.
    “I was wondering if you wanted to come to my house and meet my family,” he said.
    His family?  It wasn’t quite what I was hoping for our first date, but I wasn’t about to pass up this opportunity. 
    “Yeah, that sounds good,” I said, smiling.
    “Good,” he said.  “I will see you on Saturday at five.”
    After he said that, he walked away.  I could see Emma, his sister, looking on and smiling.  She had a very pretty smile, and I could tell she was excited. 
    As I went and sat down with my friends, I could tell they were slightly confused.
    “What was that all about?” asked Ariel.
    “Oh, nothing,” I replied.  “I am just going to James’s house Saturday.”
    “I’m surprised he did that,” said Ryan.
    “Why?  What do you mean?”
    “Nobody has ever seen their house or where they go.”
    “Well, that isn’t too weird,” I said, trying to steer the conversation elsewhere.
    “Sure it is,” exclaimed Steve.  “A couple people tried following them home one day to see just where they live,” he continued.  “When they went around a corner they vanished, as if they were never there.”
    “Yeah,” said Greg.  “They’re very secretive.”
    Just as things started getting awkward, the bell rang.  I had never been so excited to get to class and away from this conversation.  James and Emma weren’t weird or secretive.  They just didn’t want anybody following them and finding out what they were. 
    As I sat down in Mr. Quigley’s history class, he started speaking.
    “Well, class.  Today we have a very interesting topic for you to learn about.  We are going to learn about the androidians,” he said.
    The entire class groaned. 
    “Oh hush now,” he said.  “With the recent attacks I think it is only important that we learn more about them and see if we can figure out how they tick.  Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it,” he exclaimed.
    As he dimmed the lights, the projector started. 
    Androidians are a recent race to this planet.  The revolution started 37 years ago after the election of President Jonathon Rose.  President Rose sought to take this country back to a simpler time: a time when electronics and other devices didn’t rule the lives of the people.  A time when we communicated face-to-face like our grandparents and not through gadgets and devices.  Most of the population opposed this change.  A select few took it one step further.  They didn’t want their lives dictated by a tyrannical dictator who would take away the freedoms of the people. 
    Once the revolution started, it easily picked up momentum.  Outcasts were enticed by a society with open acceptance.  Anyone could get the implants and