Collide: The Color Alchemist Book Four by Nina Walker

Author:Nina Walker [Walker, Nina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780999287668
Publisher: Addison & Gray Press
Published: 2018-08-22T16:00:00+00:00

He left me there for hours, locked in that room without a clue to what was happening above. The alarms had long since stopped and I was left to stew. I slept on and off, despite attempts to stay awake. I’d decided that the moment the door opened, I’d be ready to pounce, to make my case, to fight, anything would be better than sitting here. But when the door finally did open, it wasn’t Lucas on the other side.

King Richard’s tall frame took up most of the doorway, his long shadow falling into the darkness of the bedroom.

“Let’s go,” he said gruffly. “I have something to show you.” He stalked away.

Despite an undercurrent of trepidation, I rolled from the bed and took off after him. Any chance I had to get out of this room was one I was going to take.

Flanked by a half a dozen guards, we ascended the staircase. Save for the sound of their boots clomping up the stairs, everyone was silent. Barefoot, I ignored the cold that gripped my vulnerable feet. There was no time to delay. Whatever Richard had in mind to show me, I was going to go along with it, and maybe if I was lucky, formulate a plan.

I glanced around for Lucas, but he was nowhere to be found. I breathed a small sigh of relief. The feeling was one I’d never expected to have when it came to that boy, but after today, I didn’t know how we’d ever get back to the way things used to be. The Lucas I knew never would have done that to me.

We left the warehouse, out onto the tarmac, the cold air ten times worse. Sunrise peeked over the horizon. I told myself that it was refreshing and breathed in a deep breath of the cool air. A thin sheen of moisture covered the ground, which immediately soaked into the hems of my gray cotton pants as we marched down the street. Small pebbles stuck to the bottom of my feet. The base was orderly, brick buildings in neat little lines, soldiers and the occasional guardian crisscrossing the path, the faint smell of gunpowder and smoke, the low hum of vehicles in the distance.

Turning a corner, a large military helicopter waited in the distance.

I skidded to a halt and turned to Richard. “Where are we going?” The chopper was not a welcomed sight. Just thinking about the last time I’d been in one, when I’d nearly crashed to my death, sent me reeling.

Richard didn’t reply as we approached the machine, its black surface shiny and gleaming. He climbed inside, reaching his hand out to help me. I eyed it suspiciously, refusing to touch him, and hoisted myself inside without help. Being unencumbered by handcuffs certainly made things easier, but I wondered how long that would last. His guards climbed in after me, passing massive black semi-automatic rifles between them and facing toward the two exits.

“Sit by me.” Richard patted the seat next to him.

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