Days of Innocence by C.L. Quinn

Author:C.L. Quinn [Quinn, C.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blak Kat Publishing
Published: 2015-12-28T05:00:00+00:00

He couldn’t stop watching them. None of the ten beautiful children would speak to him, or do anything he asked them to do. Yet he’d bet his life that they were special.

Days of watching them or studying the video feed had brought only one exciting moment, and it wasn’t definitive. But it was intriguing.

His eyes moved to a tall milk-chocolate-skinned girl with long braids and long slim fingers. She was perhaps the most hostile of the group, almost certainly the oldest, and well aware of the danger they faced. He’d witnessed her silent commands to the other children and wondered if they were telepathic. She was the leader, he was certain of that. When he had them at his lab in Spokane, the first thing he would do is separate her from the group. Without her influence, he expected to have exponential success with the younger children.

The plan was to form a bond with them, to treat them like little princes and princesses, to make them feel safe and special, to gain their trust. And learn their secrets.

Without the girl to stop them, they would all be his. Victory was at hand.

The girl slept little. Right now, she perched in the far corner of the cave, a hand on the blonde curls of a child that looked to be half her age. Most of the time, she sat with her eyes downcast, but once in a while, like now, she lifted them to stare into his with deep accusation.

He was culpable, yes, he admitted it. Isiah was no kidnapper, nor a man who would ever harm a child. Sadly, this strange girl was a bitter reminder of how far from his own normal he’d wandered.

Suddenly, she pushed up, her chin in the air, eyes closed, her face moving back and forth as if searching. What was it? What was happening?

Standing, he moved around the cage to near the rear, closer to her. “What’s happening? What are you doing?”

Opening them, her dark eyes pinned him in place. Still, she did not speak, but for the first time, she smiled.

“What is happening, chocolate girl? Oh, that smile can’t be good for me, of that I am certain.”

Slowly, with grace he’d never seen on anyone before, she walked up to the bars and slipped her fingers around two of them. Her nails were long and sharp, another clue that these children were far from common. His gaze was now locked on her eyes, light amber with black splotches unlike anything he’d ever seen. Was it his imagination, or did they glow?

She bit her lip suddenly, bright white teeth as straight as any child after years of orthodonture, and her eyes closed again. “They are coming,” she whispered.

“Who? Who is coming? No one knows that you are here.”

The remarkable eyes opened again. “Someone does,” she purred, her voice deep and rich beyond her years.

Noise erupted outside the room as voices raised and a shouting match grew louder. The distraction broke the girl’s attention and she wandered back to the group and took her place next to the blonde child again.

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