Destiny Be Damned: Last Hope, Book 3 by Rebecca Royce

Author:Rebecca Royce [Royce, Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: After Glows Publishing

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Mika

I walked toward Sister Katrina’s room in this new Sisterhood where I had been brought. Three days on a train. I suspected this was the most north I’d ever been. I couldn’t say for sure since I didn’t remember my trip from the old Sisterhood to Anne’s. It was possible that in those missing months I’d detoured north.

Not likely. But possible.

I tried to keep my back straight, but it was hard. I’d had the same clothes on for three days. I was tired. I’d hardly been able to eat through my nerves, and when I did sleep, I found myself around an empty fire, alone, with no idea what I was supposed to do. I guessed that was better than the cursed road I’d been on lately. Still, neither was great.

Why couldn’t I have dreams of men who came to fix things and kissed me in the dark? Except for Gordon. But he’d been exciting in his own way. He was a challenge; he didn’t make things easy and that was fine, too. He’d cared. He’d been there when I’d needed him.

Maybe thinking about them got me down the hall without my knees buckling. I didn’t know. But we were at her door.

I looked up at Titus on my right and Zeke on my left. “Do this a lot? Kidnap women and drag them to Katrina?”

“Most of the time, we go get the new Sisters. We’ve worked for the Oracle for years.” Titus answered me. “So we’ll be your new team, Sister Mika. Look forward to it.”

My whole body went cold. The old Oracle had spent her entire life hidden away at the back of the Sisterhood. Sometimes, we had heard her scream. How quickly had she gone mad? That had to be why she was out of commission now. How long could one person be left alone without completely falling into a blackness they never came out of?

But she hadn’t been entirely alone. She’d had these five with her in between sending them out to steal babies with whatever Sister was assigned to go with them to do the deed.

Zeke nodded his head. “I’m sure you’ll be fine about this once you settle in.”

“Settle in?” I laughed because it was too funny not to. “I don’t see that happening. You’ve condemned me to a lifetime of hell. I hope you’re happy.”

“Sister, you’ve been led astray.”

What broke my heart was it was clear that Titus meant that. He really believed the line he’d been sold. Well, I supposed until I broke, I’d have a lifetime to find out why he had fallen for whatever it was that Katrina had sold him.

He opened the door, and I stepped inside. Sister Katrina stood by the window, looking at the outside. She didn’t turn when I entered. Titus followed, and Zeke stayed behind in the hall. I wasn’t at all surprised to see that she didn’t acknowledge me. This was one of the things she did, one of the ways she kept power of us.

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