Echoes by Marissa Lete

Author:Marissa Lete [Lete, Marissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-02-02T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

When I wake up, the first thing I notice is the silence. No noise—not from today, not from the past. Nothing.

The second thing I notice is my pounding headache. It gets worse when I open my eyes and a bright light is shining above me.

Squinting, I take in my surroundings. I’m in a white room with tile floors, lying on a plain green cot on the floor. Long fluorescent lights hang from the ceiling above me, and a dark-stained wood desk sits against the wall across from me. There’s a window to my left with bright sunlight shining through and a door to my right, but other than that the room is empty.

After looking around, the panic sets in. I touch my thigh, remembering the dart that had hit me. I’ve been drugged, and I don’t know who has done it or where I am. Maverick—if that’s who he is—has too, I remember, an image of him falling to the ground coming to my mind.

Then the panic turns into urgency. I need to escape.

I try to stand, but a spell of dizziness hits me, so I have to use the wall for balance as I scramble toward the door. It’s locked, of course, and my next destination is the window.

Outside it’s bright, so I have to squint when I look through. Trees. Lots and lots of trees. The building is in the middle of a forest. The window itself is barred, letting me know I have no chance of escape that way, either.

My next thought is that I need a weapon, but right as I think it, I hear a click from the door—the lock sliding out of place.

I drop to the floor as soon as I realize what it is, but I’m not quick enough.

“Good morning, sweetie. Sounds like you’ve finally woken up.” It’s a woman’s voice, filled with empty warmth.

Shoes click on the floor toward where I lay facing the wall, frozen. Then a fist grabs a handful of my hair and yanks me up. I try to resist, but pain shoots across my scalp, so I give in. She turns me around and I meet her gaze.

The woman’s eyes are a bright, innocent blue, and despite her face looking fairly young, her hair is silver, cut short right beneath her ears. She sighs.

“I’m sorry you had to get caught up in this mess, honey, but there’s not much else I can do.” She sounds everything but apologetic. “Dave, bring Laura up to meet with us for me, will you?” She lets go of my hair, turning on her heel and clicking out the door. How does she know my name?

A middle-aged man appears in the doorway, his dark eyes fixed on me and his mouth set in a thin line. He isn’t much bigger than me, so I contemplate whether I can take him in a fight, but decide against it. The drugs are still wearing off, so it’s hard to move with any kind of speed.

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