Escape from Eden (Original Series book 2) by Rachel McClellan

Author:Rachel McClellan [McClellan, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rachel McClellan
Published: 2016-06-08T16:00:00+00:00

23

Keeping my head down, I attempt to walk a straight path along the sidewalk next to one shiny metal building after another. There are several people walking the streets with me, but they are all beautiful and exotic and easily blend into the perfect surroundings. One of them meets my gaze. I quickly look down. They are not who I'm looking for. I know this because they are moving with purpose. They have somewhere to be.

I force myself to continue forward, one foot in front of the other, despite a growing feeling of severe weakness. I turn the corner. Just up ahead I spot two of the Institute’s guards, a man and a woman. I recognize them not by what they are wearing, which looks like normal street clothes, but by the way they are standing, all rigid and tall. This is no casual stance. They are searching for something threatening, or something the Institute may want – like me.

I am almost to them when I stumble, a motion I really can't help.

"Help me," I say.

One of them, the woman with long straight blond hair, turns her head but says nothing. I push against a metal building and right myself to continue toward them.

"I need help," I say again.

When they see that I'm not stopping, they assume a defensive position.

"Stop where you are," the tall man says. He has silky blue hair combed to the side and partially hanging into his right, caramel-colored eye. I would've thought he was a normal Prime with that eye, but then I notice his other one—it's a dark cherry red. He's a Jumper, a Prime with the ability to leap great distances. I glance down at his legs. They are as thick as tree stumps.

I step three more strides and collapse directly into him. He catches me with both arms, and I deliberately drop my head back and stare him straight into the eyes. His mouth drops open as he realizes that my eyes are nothing like his. Mine are boring and dull.

"Please help me," I say again.

The two Primes look at each other. The woman speaks first, her voice much higher than I expect.

"We need to get her off the streets. Grab her arm."

They each take hold of my arms and escort me down the street. It is much easier to walk with them holding me up like this. I'm half-tempted to just let them carry me the rest of the way, but I don't want to show them how weak I am quite yet.

The entrance to the Institute isn't far. The building, although the same height as all the others around it, feels more threatening somehow. Maybe it's all the straight lines gridding the windows that make me feel like I'm being watched. A cold chill rocks me to the core.

I don't mean to, but I catch myself digging my heels into the smooth pavement. I don't want to go back to this place again. I remember what they did to me before, and I'm afraid it's going to be so much worse this time.

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