Awaken by Troy McLaughlan

Author:Troy McLaughlan [McLaughlan, Troy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blue Eclipse Press
Published: 2018-02-05T22:00:00+00:00

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Later that afternoon, the man with the scarred face came to my cell holding a plate of hot food and a metal chair. I strained my neck, but John was nowhere to be found.

Are you okay?

My stomach churned with worry. Despite everything I did to hurt him, I still cared about him and I knew he still cared about me.

What has Max done to you? Are we still going to escape?

The guards opened the barred door and then locked it when the scarred man entered.

“We’ve not had a proper introduction. Name’s Ben.”

He set the metal chair down across from me. “Now, ye best not spit this back in my face, Missy, or there be hell to pay.” He sat down. “A mutual friend of ours sends his greetings.”

He opened his hand, and scrawled on the palm were the Egyptian symbols for ‘escape tonight’. I gasped and he gave me a slight nod. He scooped up a heaping spoonful, of mashed potatoes and I opened my mouth. When I closed it, I bit down on something hard, metallic, with a straight edge on one side and a jagged one on the other.

“That’s right mate, you’ll be need’n your strength for what’s about to come.”

I put the metal under my tongue and gingerly ate a few more bites.

Ben got up and stretched right between me and the guards. His eyes motioned to my mouth and my thigh. I took the piece of metal with my tongue and spat it onto my leg. It was a small key. Ben smiled while I reached my cuffed hand up from the side and grabbed it.

After the rest of the meal, he gave me small sips of water until the tall plastic glass was empty. He then had one of the guards fill it so he could do it again.

“There, I’ll be check’n in on you later, and ye best be thirsty when I do.”

He turned and left, leaving the metal chair behind.

Be thirsty? What could he possibly mean by that and why would he leave the chair?

I sat for hours thinking about the statement. Eventually the guards turned away from me and began to chit-chat. I used the opportunity to unlock the cuffs, keeping my fingers wrapped around them so the chain on the wall wouldn’t give. After that, I kept my eyes focused on the corridor waiting for John or Ben.

When Ben came into view, he locked eyes with me. He nodded and pointed down.

Be thirsty.

“Guard!”

They ignored me.

“Guard please, I’m so thirsty. Can you get me a glass of water?” One of them turned to me. He had an annoyed look on his face. I smiled and widened my legs, trying to look as inviting as possible.

He grunted and left, returning a short time later with a tall glass of water. My smile disappeared, and my legs coiled under the bench like a steel trap. The other guard unlocked the padlock and swung the bars toward him.

I sprang forward and leapt at the guard with the glass, driving my foot into his groin.

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