Child of Lies by Eric Kent Edstrom

Author:Eric Kent Edstrom
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Undermountain Books LLC

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Ten Per Day

Belle drummed her fingers on the steering wheel as she motored closer to the Scion School. She had covered the road twice already, first creeping along at a crawl, then faster.

Things were looking bad. Jacey and Summer were hiding somewhere, and now a helicopter was flying over the island. Belle was running out of time. If she didn’t find Summer first, she’d have no bargaining power. No leverage to get the andleprixen for Vaughan, and certainly none to get off the island.

She had no alternative, so her search continued. Her remaining hope depended upon the one positive quality Belle saw in Jacey: tenacity.

Jacey wouldn’t give up. She and Summer would not be easy to find and, once found, not easy to catch. Since they were Scions, the bodyguards would have no option but to capture them alive and unharmed.

They were both fit, strong, and resourceful. But the island was small, and given what Belle had seen of it, the only possible hiding spot was the rainforest, most of which covered hills with no roads. At the western extreme of the island, some areas looked utterly impenetrable, even on foot.

She slowed to a stop. If she kept on, she would be at the front gate of the Scion School in minutes. She no longer cared that she was out in the open. The helicopter had disappeared to the west and south. If it happened to come into view, she would easily be able to escape among the trees. Unless she ran out of fuel, of course.

Her eyes went back to the gauge. The little pin stood three notches above the E. She didn’t know how many kilometers that would take her, but it had already fallen one notch, and that had taken three trips of driving from the Scion School all the way to Mother Tyeesha’s. When she had last left, she had checked on Vaughan. If anything, his condition had worsened. He had raved about pain, sweat beading on his forehead, eyes wild with suffering.

And that decided it for Belle. Vaughan needed the pills.

This was the perfect time to go back to the campus, since the senator’s bodyguards were all hunting for Summer. At least, Belle hoped they all were.

She pressed the accelerator down. Her confidence in driving had grown tremendously over the past day, and she flew up a hill and down the switchbacks without slowing, finally heading straight for the gate. Her hands reached out to the touch panel in the dash, barely having to look to find the command to open the gate. She slammed the brake and skidded to a stop as the gate slowly slid open. Its red light flashed and its siren whooped.

She didn’t see any Scions about, and as soon as the opening grew wide enough, she powered through. She tore across the quad, past the medical ward, and wound her way up the wide gravel path to the hacienda.

Belle slid the Jeep to a halt at the top of the path just a few meters from the carved mahogany doors of the hacienda.

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