The anxiety deflated instantly when he turned back and saw a tattered paperback book just inside the door. He reached for it and laughed.
Twilightby Stephenie Meyer.
A sticky note was on the cover, next to the classic pale-hands-holding-an-apple visual:
A VITAL CULTURAL EXPERIENCE,it said in neat block letters,BUT MAYBE RESEARCH?
It didn’t need a signature for Brennan to know who it was from.
And. Like.
Goddammit. He was really going to readTwilight.
4ORIENTATION
BRENNAN’S PHONE
[Unknown Number]
Ummm wait hold on!
I forgot to ask
Are you going to the meeting?? From the text?
This is Cole btw
Cole
I got ur number from Tony
Brennan
Hey. I think I’m gonna go. I don’t have a lot else to go on right now.
Cole
What if they’re like vampire hunters??
Or they want to experiment on you???
Brennan
I’ll be careful. I have some time to prepare. I need to learn something from them.
Cole
Okay well maybe we should do what mari and I dofor tinder dates, we do code words and check-in times and stuff so we don’t get murdered
Brennan
Um. Yeah. That’s a great idea, if you don’t mind.
BRENNAN’S JOURNAL
Blood Rationing
16 oz per pint
