Broken Worlds by Anitha Robinson

Author:Anitha Robinson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: CBAY Books
Published: 2014-06-09T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 15

Ellis’s fingers dig into my sides as his body tenses. “Oh God. Fallon,” he says.

Fallon groans. Specks of blood collect where the shards of steel pierced his body.

“I heard there was a problem,” Margaret says, nodding toward me.

“What did you do, Margaret?” Ellis says.

“What did I do?” she challenges. “I think we know perfectly well what is going on here.”

“You can’t just leave him like that.”

“I don’t see you rushing to his aid,” rebukes Margaret.

Ellis’s face is sallow. His eyes are glued to Margaret, unwavering.

“Ellis, put Kalli down and come over here and tend to your brother,” Margaret says, a note of warning in her voice. “Ellis!” Margaret repeats.

But he doesn’t move. “I’ll put her down if you give me your word that no harm will come to her. That you will leave her alone. We’ll modify her memory as planned. She won’t remember any of this.”

“Oh, I will make sure she never remembers any of this,” Margaret says.

“That’s not what I mean, Margaret. No one is supposed to get hurt. That is the most important decree,” says Ellis.

“The most important decree is to save our people!” Her voice reverberates between my ribs.

“That’s not true. You only got permission to carry out this project because you swore that none of the specimens would be harmed.”

I flinch at the word ‘specimen.’

“You didn’t even come and help us when she was bleeding. Margaret, she almost died,” Ellis says.

“We have enough specimens. She was a spare. I didn’t expect anything from her, given the state she was in when you brought her to me.”

“A spare! Does Fallon know she was a spare? Because he did everything in his power to save her. To save the ….” Ellis presses me into his body with such force that I can’t breathe.

“Enough! Those hosts mean nothing. Their only purpose is to help save our people. The Council Leaders entrusted us with this job. We must carry it out,” Margaret says.

Ellis sighs and loosens his hold on me. His voice is even again. “We will carry it out, but no one has to get hurt.”

“The discussion is over. Do as I say, Ellis, or you will suffer the same fate as Kalli and anyone else who gets in the way,” threatens Margaret.

Ellis looks from me to Margaret and with the slightest nod of his head, I know. He has made his choice, and it’s not me. It never was. I’m going to die, alone and unloved. He said he loved me, and I almost believed him in spite of everything. I needed to believe him. I needed to believe in the possibility that I could still be loved. But it’s not true, and it never will be true.

Tears stream down my cheeks as he places me on the bed. He brings his lips to my ears, but instead of whispering more meaningless lies about his love for me, he says, “Don’t move,” and then he’s gone.

Thunderous sounds envelope the house. Margaret and Ellis become blurred objects moving at such great speeds, that it is impossible to distinguish who is who.

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