Avalon by Allison Sipe

Author:Allison Sipe
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Allison Sipe

Day 8

Another sunrise and another sunset and still I was no closer to getting home. Laying on my lumpy mattress in my blood-stained shirt and dusty jeans with my arm over my eyes, I tried to imagine I was lying on Violet's couch. Clara paced in her cell and I let myself believe it was Violet, padding around the kitchen. My memory kicked up the image of her in tiny cotton shorts and a baggy Beatles t-shirt making coffee. My chest swelled and more than ever I wished I could see her face again, hear her voice.

Tap, tap, tap. The sound of metal clinking against metal made me sit up straight.

"Hello, Robert. May I join you?" Alyssa asked, standing outside my cell. Her ringed finger was still touching one of the bars.

"Like I have a choice," I mumbled, annoyed that she had interrupted my brief reverie.

"I'm not here to hurt you. I would just like to gather some information."

"Whatever you say," I sighed as she stepped inside.

She put her silver case on the bed next to me, popped the latches and pulled out a pair of black gloves along with a small leather pouch.

"I'm going to take some blood from you," she said, unrolling the black pouch and producing a needle and a few empty vials.

"What do you want my blood for?" I asked.

"I have an interest in genetics and I'd like to see if there is anything in particular that allows you to pass on Magic through your ability."

"Other Healers aren't able to do the same?" She piqued my interest. I had often wondered why I was able to pass my Magic to Violet.

"None that I've worked with." She shrugged. "There's something very unique about you and Violet. I'm hoping to find the anomaly that allowed you to transfer Magic, so I can reproduce it."

I looked Alyssa over once more and hesitated. The last time someone experimented with Magic, Chernobyl went nuclear and killed a couple dozen people. But what other choice did I have? If I refused, the guards outside my cell would storm in and force the blood out of me. Reluctantly I nodded my consent. She knelt down in front of the bed and took my forearm in her hand. Wrapping a tourniquet around my bicep, she began to feel for the veins in the crook of my arm. I watched her with curious eyes. Her coarse, red hair sprang out in tight curls all over her head and her caramel complexion was more than just sun-kissed. Her features were different than any woman I'd ever seen, and I wondered what her genetic makeup might be.

"I know that look," she said with a smile.

"What do you mean?" I studied her smooth features. She wasn't like anyone else I'd met here. There was a calm confidence about her that made me wonder how she fit in with Aiden's group.

"My appearance is unique. People are always curious."

"I didn't mean to be rude."

"Not at all." She dismissed my words with a quick wave of her manicured hand.

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