Emergence by Kim Harrison

Author:Kim Harrison [Harrison, Kim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2024-07-16T00:00:00+00:00

Seven

Renee squinted at her ceiling, wondering if anyone would notice if she used a marker to play connect the water spots to make a face. Today had been hard. Jackson’s promised “few hours” had turned into five, then twelve, then eighteen, until now, she lay on her bed, listening with a dull apathy to the people passing in the hall. From the sound of it, she now had two guards outside her door. Jackson was apparently taking her seriously.

Too seriously, she thought sourly as she rolled to her side and pulled her phone from the end table to check the time. It was all it was good for, at the moment. How everyone thought she could give Gorman access to the internet when she herself didn’t have any was a frustrating mystery. Him singing like a bird was a small comfort when she couldn’t even video surf.

That Tayler was blaming her was beginning to really piss her off. That Jackson thought he was helping by keeping Renee securely tucked away was even worse. The woman was cruel, not stupid. Chances were good that she’d gone to eliminate the evidence that she’d done anything wrong—as in killing Mikail. Tayler had taken ownership and apologized for torturing her original twelve. Mikail might know if Tayler had killed Han and Raphael—a different situation entirely—if Renee could get to him in time.

She had to get out of here. There was a way, but it was as scary as all hell, and she needed a working phone to do it. Peeved, she tossed her cell to the bedside table only to hesitate, listening. Will? In the hall? Okay. He wasn’t a phone, but he could get a message to August, and with that, the mer might be willing to snap to her room. August might not even know that Tayler was gone.

“Thanks. Much appreciated,” she heard Will say, and she sat up, swinging her legs to the tile floor, excitement tingling all the way to her toes. “Can I stay while she eats?”

Renee lurched to her feet as her door opened to show Will with a tray, the guard replacing the cover after his inspection. The soldier eyed her suspiciously and she dampened her excitement. “Hey, thanks. Is that my dinner? Come in.” She looked at the guard. “He can come in, right?”

“Yeah, Jackson cleared me to visit.” Will glanced at the guard and inched in. “And I can stay while you eat, too,” he said, standing in the middle of her room, probably looking for somewhere to set the tray.

She lurched forward, taking it before retreating to sit on the edge of the bed. “Have a seat,” she said, nodding to the empty chair. “Thanks for this. Lunch was a peanut butter sandwich and a salad. I think they’re trying to starve me.”

But when the guard shut the door, she set the tray aside, the cover unlifted.

“Thank God you’re here,” she whispered, and Will’s smile grew wider. “Can you get a message to August? I have to get out of here.

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