The SEQUEL to Avenir! The second book in Let Others Rise: The Series
Enjolras, Courfeyrac, and Les Amis journey to the future and attempt to reunite with Avenir and save the peaceful city of Paris from the ever-present threat of the society of Mars...
"Nadeleine Pontmercy?" I spoke softly. I looked to Courfeyrac. "I wasn't sure why the artifact would want to bring me back here, away from where I knew Enjolras was headed. Now I think we have the answer: to reuinite with yourself, and to find Nadeleine."
Courf continued applying pressure to Nadeleine's wound. His hands were shaking. "But how? And why?"
"Think about it. She is a beacon of hope. I can't say for sure, but it seems that we have a reason to hope now. She is a descendant. We must protect her at all costs."
My heart was breaking - she wasn't an Unnamed, but obviously still struggling. I shivered at a new thought that entered my mind - would there be an ancestor of Courfeyrac that needed our help? Of Enjolras? The far-off shouts of police officers brought me back to my senses. "Courf, we need to get out of here. There's a wood - that's where we're camping out. It will be safe. We need all amis on deck - where are the others?"
"They're keeping watch beyond the wall. They thought it too dangerous to follow myself or Enjolras."
"We have to get them to the forest, with the others. There's a girl there - she's Unnamed, and the others will do whatever she or I will say. Enjolras could be in trouble, and I now see that I can't go alone."
"We'll go with you," spoke up Nadeleine, wise beyond her years.
"Shhhh sleep, little one," spoke Courfeyrac, then he looked up at me. "I think I can carry her, for she is much lighter than Gavroche."
"Have you brought a weapon?"
"My pistol."
"Good. I have none, so if you're going to carry her..."
"Of course." Courfeyrac fumbled and as he passed me the weapon, our hands lightly touched. Courf flinched as if he had been touched by fire.
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ENJOLRAS POV
"No. No, please no..." I stared at the screen with Jehan's - Édouard Soult's- profile still listed, and suddenly all secrets had been let out.
Avenir, who had been there for me, who travelled across time and space to protect me...who loved me with such dedication to risk her life again and again...
Avenir, who shared the blood of our biggest enemy. Who shared the blood of someone I could never forgive for being behind the murders of Grantaire. Éponine.
