Betrayed by Magic (The Baine Chronicles Book 5) by Jasmine Walt

Author:Jasmine Walt [Walt, Jasmine]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Blue Bolt Publishing
Published: 2016-09-12T00:00:00+00:00

17

“This is all happening so fast,” Noria said as she paced back and forth alongside her bed. “One moment, I’m thinking I’m never going to be able to get out of here, and the next, I’m being told I need to leave now before the place explodes.” Brown eyes, heavy with worry, lifted to Rylan’s face. “Are you sure this place has to be destroyed? There is a lot of valuable scientific information here, even if so many of the experiments being done are horrible.”

“You know the Mages Guild doesn’t care about any of that,” Rylan said. “The safety of the Federation comes before scientific inquiry.”

“You mean the safety of the mages,” Noria said, a tinge of bitterness seeping into her tone. But she seemed more resigned than anything else.

“Can you get a summary from her about the project she’s working on?” I asked Rylan. “We need to know if there are any factors we’re not aware of.”

“Noria, what exactly have you been doing here?” Rylan asked. “When they sent you to this place, were you aware that this lab is developing a weapon to spread targeted diseases?”

Noria shook her head. “I’d heard vague rumors about secret weapons, but I thought it was just a lie spread by our enemies,” she explained. “When I first arrived here, the director told me I was to invent a small flying mechanism that could spray sleeping gas on people, so they could be more easily captured while avoiding Resistance casualties. It sounded reasonable enough to me, and an interesting challenge, so I got to work.”

“I’m guessing you changed your mind at some point,” Rylan said, “judging by how unhappy you seem to be here.”

“Well, a couple of days after I arrived, I found out the truth.” Noria pressed her lips together as she momentarily came to a halt, her dark eyes growing bleak. “A chemist was flirting with me in the cafeteria, trying to impress me with his scientific achievements.” She let out a humorless laugh. “He was balding and fat, and a good fifteen years older, so I don’t know why he thought he stood a chance. Anyway, he got so caught up in his bragging, he let slip that my invention was going to be used for spreading deadly poisons and viruses across the nation.” Noria’s face twisted in disgust. “Mass murder, in other words, and not just of our enemies. Women, children, and even animals would be killed off too.”

“Shit,” Rylan hissed, echoing my sentiments exactly.

“I immediately went to the director’s office and demanded to know if what I had learned was true. I made it clear I couldn’t keep working on this project if even half of what that chemist said to me was fact. He told me to mind my own business, and continue to work on my assigned project, if I valued my life.”

“Damn,” Rylan cursed. “So they threatened you. I’m guessing you did continue on the project, then?”

“I tried my damnedest not to,” Noria insisted. She twisted the fabric of her nightgown nervously, and the guilt in her voice was clear.

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