Gravity (The Taking, Book 1) by Melissa West

By Melissa West

Sooner or later, just one rule will matter:

Don’t. Ever. Peek.

Seventeen-year-old Ari Alexander simply broke that rule and observed the final individual she anticipated soaring above her mattress — smug Jackson Locke, the most well-liked boy in her tuition. She expects rapid execution or a few type of freak alien punishment, yet as a substitute, Jackson concerns a problem: aid him, or all people in the world will die.

Ari is familiar with she may still document him, yet every little thing approximately Jackson makes her query what she’s been taught approximately his type. And opposed to her instincts, she’s falling for him. yet Ari isn’t simply any lady, and Jackson wishes greater than her cognizance. She’s an army legacy who’s been educated through her father and uncovered to struggle techniques and societal details not anyone can understand — in particular an alien undercover agent, like Jackson. Giving Jackson the knowledge he wishes will betray her father and her nation, yet conserving silent will begin a conflict.

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ENEMIES Bees are subject to a host of diseases and natural enemies, all of which mountain people responded to as best they knew how. Some were harder to deal with than others. Skunks sometimes parked themselves in front of hives and gobbled the bees whole as they flew out. Bears were addicted to the honey. As Esco said, "A bear'll sure rob a beehive. " And just recently a bear overturned and destroyed a group of Elb's hives on Patterson Gap. The only remedy they knew for that was to fence in the hives.

Season with salt and pepper. * Baked nettles: cook nettles a long time. Strain off liquid. Chop fine. Add ground beef, rice, and seasoning. Bake at low heat until firm. Dock {Rumex crispa) (family Polygonaceae) (pike plant, curled dock, yellow dock, white dock) Dock is a common weed that grows in fields, yards, and around barns. It is about knee-high, and has leaves six to eight inches long. Leaves have crinkled edges. Flowers appear in a green spike in May and June, followed by seeds that turn dark brown and look like tobacco.

Strain through cheesecloth. Add three pounds of sugar (about seven cups) and bring to a rolling boil. Add one bottle liquid pectin. Cook, stirring, one more minute. Pour in glasses. Jelly should harden in three to four hours. Pigweed (Amaranthus hybridus) (family Amaranthaceae) (red-root pigweed, careless weed, soldier weed, wild beets) Pigweed is an annual, one to eight feet tall, found in waste places everywhere. Like most of our common weeds, it is a native of Europe. Opposite, oval leaves are often tinged with red, and stems and 66 FOXFIRE 2 PLATE 34 Pigweed roots are bright red.

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