Beneath the Fallen City by Jamie A. Waters

Author:Jamie A. Waters [Waters, Jamie A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-9996647-4-2
Publisher: Jamie Waters

Chapter Thirteen

Edwin lowered Kayla’s unconscious form to the floor. Alec knelt beside her and looked up at his father in anger.

“She was upset because she found out I was reading her thoughts. If you’d given her a few minutes to calm down or let me talk to her, this wouldn’t have been necessary.”

Edwin gave his son a hard look. “This was inevitable. She’s her father’s daughter in every sense. I haven’t seen anyone with this much raw talent since he died.”

Alec returned his father’s look. He should have known his father wouldn’t be reasonable where Kayla was concerned. She was too headstrong and too much like her father for him to view her as anything other than a threat. He’d hoped his obvious interest in Kayla would be enough of a deterrent. “And what do you plan to tell Seara? Or her friend Veridian?”

Edwin walked over to the communications device on the wall and pressed a button on the control panel. “Seara will be told the truth. She has no choice but to accept it. I made that clear to her tonight. Kayla’s little outsider friend is of no interest to me. Send him away.”

“Send him away?” Alec asked dryly, trying to keep his temper in check. If he lost it now, he wouldn’t be in a position to help anyone. “You think he’s just going to accept the fact Kayla’s disappeared and doesn’t want to even say goodbye?”

“Then you’ll have to make him accept it,” Edwin ordered as the door opened. Director Borshin and another man entered the Tal’Vayr family quarters.

“Borshin, Cessel.” Edwin nodded at the two men he summoned. He gestured to Kayla. “Take her to Observation Room A. Cessel, I want her outfitted with a bracelet immediately.”

Director Borshin scampered out of the room to retrieve a transport while Cessel looked down at Kayla as though examining a specimen on a microscope. “Forgive me, but we received reports of some disturbing fluctuations in the energy field. Was this woman the cause?”

Annoyed with the callousness of Edwin’s head scientist, Alec corrected the man. “This woman is Mistress Kayla Rath’Varein.”

Cessel’s eyes widened, and he backpedaled quickly. “My apologies, Master Tal’Vayr. I didn’t intend any disrespect.”

“Enough,” Edwin ordered. “What do you mean by ‘disturbing fluctuations’?”

Cessel cleared his throat and looked at Kayla’s unconscious form on the floor in front of him. “There was a significant energy drain on our pooled resources. Five of your sources have been temporarily depleted.”

Alec’s head jerked up. “It took five people to subdue her?”

Edwin regarded Kayla with new interest. “Cessel, I want you to attune her bracelet directly to me. I want to test the limits of her strength.”

Alec stared at his father and clenched his fists, furious at the covetous look on his face. It took everything he had not to give in to his impulses. Forcing his body to relax, he shook his head. “Absolutely not. She’s untrained. If you try using her that way, it could kill her.”

Edwin regarded his son coolly. “Then feel free to train her.

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