A Flare Of Power by Elodie Colt

Author:Elodie Colt [Colt, Elodie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-20T16:00:00+00:00

I observed the monitors in front of me with little interest. The halls of the compound had emptied since dinner time, leaving the underground area isolated and silent.

Training with Haylie the last few days had been good and bad.

Good, because both of us went back to pretending nothing happened, for which I was grateful. I couldn’t have dealt with another emotional outburst so soon from either of us.

Bad, because Haylie became withdrawn again. She’d been focused and swift in her movements, and had even managed to place a well-aimed roundhouse kick the other day. Her improvement after such a short time was incredible. However, she hadn’t dignified me with one single look since then.

Maybe it was better this way. It seemed as if as soon as we got involved with each other, everything started to go downhill.

Movement from one of the monitors made me strain my eyes. It was funny how that specific monitor in the left corner caught my attention every time. It came from the camera installed in the aisle of my room—and hers.

The door to her room opened, and Haylie stepped out, eyes flipping left and right before staring straight into the camera. She wore an expression I couldn’t decipher, biting her lip before closing the door behind her and disappearing in the direction of the cemetery.

I straightened and swung my head toward the monitor viewing the hallway that led to the cemetery above. Haylie appeared, a backpack settled on her back, which immediately made me suspicious. Why did she need a backpack? Where was she going? For a moment, I considered following her but fought the urge to do so. Stalking her would do me no good.

About fifteen minutes later, Sarah came in. “Hey, have any of you seen Haylie? She’s not in her room.”

“Outside,” I answered, checking the monitors again for any sign of her. Nothing. Strangely, I always felt a tiny amount of trepidation whenever she wasn’t inside the safe walls of the compound. Or under my watchful eyes, for that matter.

“No. I just came from there.”

I frowned. “I saw her walking down that hallway not long ago, and she hasn’t come back since then.”

“I would have seen her. She wasn’t in the cemetery,” Sarah repeated firmly.

My stomach started to do unpleasant somersaults. Something told me I should have listened to my gut when seeing her with that backpack. Was she running away? Did it all become too much to her? Was I the reason for her need to escape? No, it didn’t make sense. She wasn’t the kind of girl to flee.

“Sarah, watch over for me, will you? Josh, search the aisles on the other side, including Jenna’s old training room. Scott, come with me,” I ordered and was already halfway out of the office, not waiting for Scott to catch up.

“Wait, do you think something’s happened to her?” Sarah asked in alarm.

“Let’s hope not,” I said before fast-walking to Haylie’s room, thinking about how I’d chop off the hands of anyone who dared to touch her.

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