Dangerous Dreams (A Dreamrunners Society Novel) by Harkwood Aileen

Author:Harkwood, Aileen [Harkwood, Aileen]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2013-06-16T21:00:00+00:00

“Lara?” he whispered. Gently, he took her uninjured hand in his own and gave it a comforting squeeze.

Her eyelids fluttered open. Eyes shimmered with a haze of golden light under their fringe of pale lashes. Woozy, she smiled at him, a smile so bright it almost vanquished the dark circles and tired hollows beneath her cheekbones.

“You,” she said.

Then in an instant, her expression changed. She pulled her hand out of his grasp and scrambled backward, forcing herself up against the wall.

“You,” she said again, but without the ache and longing she’d put into it before. “Stay away from me.”

“Please,” he said, because he didn’t know what else to say. He didn’t know whether she’d already been programmed to betray him, or exactly why the door to this chamber had been left ajar, but it was obvious she’d changed her mind since their last encounter and considered him the enemy.

Pointing her finger at the photo closest, she said, “You did this.”

Hell.

She thought he was a terrorist, then.

“No,” he said. He put everything he was, every truth he had into his expression, compelling her to believe him. “Never.”

“You’re a terrorist,” she said.

“Because the people who abducted you and have been torturing you for days say so?” he asked.

That stymied her. She started to speak, but fell silent. She looked conflicted. He didn’t blame her for her confusion, but they couldn’t delay here any longer. The two voices Jack had heard became suddenly louder as the men stepped from the cell in which they’d been conversing into the outer corridor. Jack and Lara had seconds, no more.

Lara heard the men, as well. Every one of her muscles stilled in apprehension. She had failed to notice one important fact, though. Her true body lay on the cement floor in front of her. It had not moved since his arrival. It was her twin that had scooted away from him, and now regarded him with suspicion.

She looked down and saw herself comatose on the floor. She froze, transfixed.

“What is–?”

“Lara,” he said. “We’re running out of time. Take my hand.”

She wouldn’t look away from the body on the floor.

“Lara!” He commanded her attention.

Hesitant, she finally reached out to him with her trust. It wasn’t a lot of trust, but he accepted what she offered, sliding her hand in his.

He pulled her to her feet and towed her after him into the glowing portal that marked the way back to the fields.

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