Betrothed Episode One by Odette C. Bell

Author:Odette C. Bell [Bell, Odette C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2015-06-29T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Anna Carter

I couldn’t stop myself.

I couldn’t stop myself from leaving. Though my rational mind screamed at me not to, it accounted for nothing. The compulsion building within me was too strong.

And I could see it. This vision playing just behind my eyes showing me how to escape the central security building.

I followed it.

I followed the vision as it showed me what to do.

First, I went to the bathroom and pulled out a small sharp piece of metal from one of the grooming kits.

Without a moment’s hesitation, I jammed it into my neck, just below my right ear.

I squealed with pain, but muffled my mouth with a hand so my voice didn’t carry.

I worked the small shard of metal down and under the skin until it connected with my implant. Then I flicked it out as if I was removing a tick from my flesh.

It left a gaping wound which quickly trickled with blood.

I ignored it and instead watched my identity implant fall to the floor.

I’d seen an identity implant before, and I knew what they looked like. This was different. Larger, sleeker, and with more nodes.

I wasn’t allowed to stand there and stare at it for too long; the vision told me to move.

My visions were stronger now, sharper. They didn’t have the detail and the all-encompassing reality of the one involving Hart, but they were still strong enough that they left me knowing exactly what to do.

I picked up the identity chip and walked into the main section of my room. I placed it onto the table, a few flecks of blood pooling underneath it.

Ignoring the wound in my neck, I walked over to the panel by my door. Still holding the small sharp piece of metal, I stuck it into the side of the panel, fidgeting it back and forth until I pulled the metal casing off.

It clattered to the floor.

Then I focused, not on the panel, but my vision.

It was diffuse, filtering in and out, but the more I concentrated on it, the sharper it became.

As did the pain building behind my left eye. It was like something was gouging into my skull, second after second.

And there was nothing I could do to stop it.

After several minutes of tinkering, something happened.

The panel flashed and a low hum filtered out from behind me.

I turned in time to see the force field reinforced glass of my window flicker off. As soon as the shield disappeared in a winding down hum like an engine stopping, the glass wobbled.

I walked over to it, picking up a chair on my way.

With strength I barely knew I had, I slammed the chair into the glass.

Somehow through whatever I’d done with the panel, I’d weakened the glass, and my blow was enough to shatter it.

It tumbled around me, falling over my arms and feet, but not cutting me.

The wind came. It raced into the building, slamming against me, setting my hair buffeting behind me like a wet sheet.

I made no attempt to bring a hand up to protect my face.

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