Edgewood Series: Books 1 - 3 (112 page)

How ridiculous. All she had to do was look at us. We were teenagers in formal wear; if we didn’t go to the dance where else would we go?

“I’ll show you pictures,” I said. And then, before she could come up with anything else, I hurried Russ out the front door. My mother watched through the front window as Russ held the car door open for me. I waved and she let the curtain drop. It wasn’t until we turned at the end of my street that I felt completely free. I caught Russ sneaking glances my way and he looked pretty pleased. “What are you thinking about?” I asked.

“I was thinking,” he said, “that I can’t believe your mom let you go to the dance with me.”

“Well, as long as you mind your manners…”

“I think her definition of manners and mine are completely different.” He laughed and then his face got serious. “You know, Nadia, you’ve saved my life a few times now. I don’t know how I can ever pay you back.”

I reached over and put my hand against his mouth and he kissed it, giving me a shiver of pleasure. I said, “You already have.”

National best-selling author Karen McQuestion writes books for adults, kids, and teens. Her novels regularly place in the top 100 Kindle books, and each successive novel has added to her ever-growing fan base, making her one of the preeminent Amazon Publishing authors. McQuestion lives in Wisconsin with her family and is always working on her next novel.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Many thanks to Kay Bratt, Kay Ehlers, Geri Erickson, Alice L. Kent, Tiffany Lovering, Greg McQuestion, Charlie McQuestion, Maria McQuestion, and Jack McQuestion. Your insights and suggestions have been invaluable and I am grateful.

A personal note from Karen…

If you’ve enjoyed this novel, I’d love to hear your thoughts in a review. Without readers, a story is a dead thing, just words on a page, so thanks for bringing this one to life! I don’t have the words to say how much I appreciate readers like you.

And one other thing: although I’ve toured the White House and done research, I obviously have no inside knowledge of the Secret Service or security protocol concerning the president. I tried to make the novel as accurate as possible, but there may be errors, and for that I apologize. Hopefully readers can overlook any inaccuracies and still find the story entertaining. If it bothers you too much, try to pretend
Absolution
is fictional, and that people don’t actually have superpowers and that there isn’t an underground city under Washington D.C.

• Title page
  
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
  
• CHAPTER ONE
  
• CHAPTER TWO
  
• CHAPTER THREE
  
• CHAPTER FOUR
  
• CHAPTER FIVE
  
• CHAPTER SIX
  
• CHAPTER SEVEN
  
• CHAPTER EIGHT
  
• CHAPTER NINE
  
• CHAPTER TEN
  
• CHAPTER ELEVEN
  
• CHAPTER TWELVE
  
• CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  
• CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  
• CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  
• CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  
• CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  
• CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  
• CHAPTER NINETEEN
  
• CHAPTER TWENTY
  
• CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  
• CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  
• CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
  
• CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
  
• CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
  
• CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
  
• CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
  
• CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
  
• CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
  
• CHAPTER THIRTY
  
• CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
  
• CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
  
• CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
  
• CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
  
• CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
  
• CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
  
• CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
  
• CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
  
• CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
  
• CHAPTER FORTY
  
• CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
  
• CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
  
• CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
  
• CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
  
• CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
  
• CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
  
• CHAPTER ONE
  
• CHAPTER TWO
  
• CHAPTER THREE
  
• CHAPTER FOUR
  
• CHAPTER FIVE
  
• CHAPTER SIX
  
• CHAPTER SEVEN
  
• CHAPTER EIGHT
  
• CHAPTER NINE
  
• CHAPTER TEN
  
• CHAPTER ELEVEN
  
• CHAPTER TWELVE
  
• CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  
• CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  
• CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  
• CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  
• CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  
• CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  
• CHAPTER NINETEEN
  
• CHAPTER TWENTY
  
• CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  
• CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  
• CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
  
• CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
  
• CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
  
• CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
  
• CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
  
• CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
  
• CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
  
• CHAPTER THIRTY
  
• CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
  
• CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
  
• CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
  
• CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
  
• CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
  
• CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
  
• CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
  
• CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
  
• CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
  
• CHAPTER FORTY
  
• CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
  
• CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
  
• CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
  
• CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
  
• CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
  
• CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
  
• CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
  
• CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
  
• CHAPTER FORTY-NINE
  
• CHAPTER FIFTY
  
• CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE
  
• CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO
  
• CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE
  
• CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR
  
• CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE
  
• CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX
  
• CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN
  
• CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT
  
• CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE
  
• CHAPTER SIXTY
  
• CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE
  
• CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO
  
• CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE
  
• CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR
  
• CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE
  
• CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX
  
• AUTHOR’S NOTE
  
• CHAPTER ONE
  
• CHAPTER TWO
  
• CHAPTER THREE
  
• CHAPTER FOUR
  
• CHAPTER FIVE
  
• CHAPTER SIX
  
• CHAPTER SEVEN
  
• CHAPTER EIGHT
  
• CHAPTER NINE
  
• CHAPTER TEN
  
• CHAPTER ELEVEN
  
• CHAPTER TWELVE
  
• CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  
• CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  
• CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  
• CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  
• CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  
• CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  
• CHAPTER NINETEEN
  
• CHAPTER TWENTY
  
• CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  
• CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  
• CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
  
• CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
  
• CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
  
• CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
  
• CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
  
• CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
  
• CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
  
• CHAPTER THIRTY
  
• CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
  
• CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
  
• CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
  
• CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
  
• CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
  
• CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
  
• CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
  
• CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
  
• CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
  
• CHAPTER FORTY
  
• CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
  
• CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
  
• CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
  
• CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
  
• CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
  
• CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
  
• CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
  
• CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
  
• CHAPTER FORTY-NINE
  
• CHAPTER FIFTY
  
• CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE
  
• CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO
  
• CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE
  
• CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR
  
• CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE
  
• CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX
  
• CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN
  
• CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT
  
• ABOUT THE AUTHOR