Bonded by the Sea by Victoria Mercier

Author:Victoria Mercier [Mercier, Victoria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-24T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

Ines

Her new cell at least had a bed and a thin blanket. The floor, ceiling and all the walls except one, which was clear glass, were white. It made the room very bright. She supposed they wanted to disrupt her day-night cycle for some reason. People who came to watch her, with their notes and fancy pens hasn’t uttered a single word.

Food appeared always when she fell asleep. Not faked sleep. They somehow had a way to detect if she slept. Most of the time her meals consisted of nutritious broth and sweetened water.

She thanked whoever designed this prison for the lack of the pattern on the floor. Ines wouldn’t be able to stand that destructive drainage. None the less, boredom began catching with her. Maybe the pattern wasn’t even needed here.

At the worst point, her thoughts returned to the events in that small coastal village – Small Port, where captain Pembroke fought the powerful Government agent. They were so strong. Asaif wasn’t at their level, but he defeated Karu with such ease. Where these people got their strength from? She slept with this question and wondered if there was a way to learn how to be strong. Dying here wasn’t her plan. Not before she put her hands on Pace and… let her imagination go wild.

A man appeared on the other side of the window. At first, she took him for just another staff member, then she recognized the familiar facial features. His name was Kimberlton.

“Kimberlton,” she said his name with deliberation. He flinched hearing it spoken by her. His eyes narrowed as looked at his notes. She added. “My name is Ines.”

Ines sensed an emotional turmoil within the man. He was deeply shaken by her words. How could anyone not know that she was a person? Or maybe Kimberlton’s peculiar appearance meant that he, too, lived in the isolation?

“No!” Kimberlton finally hissed. His expression lay bare his feelings. He struggled with something paramount. “Your specification is subject zero. You don’t possess a name, do you understand?”

Behind him, she saw an empty featureless room. They didn’t reveal the reason why this place existed. All she knew was that they wanted to experiment on her. Whatever that meant, but the word itself sent a cold ominous shiver down her spine.

“Let’s talk about the Soul Entanglement.”

“Sure. Fuck off.”

Kimberlton noted something.

“I’ve done nothing to be locked up here,” Ines’ fist hit the window, but it didn’t even twitch. “I want to speak to someone who has balls!”

Something stirred in Kimberlton’s posture. He tucked the notes into an inner pocket and straightened.

“The test subject zero manifests signs of intelligence,” he muttered as if he wasn’t sure of his own mind.

“You’re delusional Kimberlton. Like everyone here. You can’t treat other people as if they were test subjects. We have names, lives… we have fucking dreams.”

He started. Kimberlton didn’t like her words. They were too close to the truth he didn’t want to see. He corrected a collar of his white lab coat. Ines saw nervousness in the way his fingers gripped the buttons.

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