Escaping Darkness (Book 6): The Shadows by Richards E.S. & Kraus Mike

Author:Richards, E.S. & Kraus, Mike [Richards, E.S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic | Thriller
Publisher: Muonic Press Inc
Published: 2020-01-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Mike paced along a corridor inside the pit, hurrying to get back to his room before he was spotted. Things were very different this time around, despite the Authority still maintaining a strict regime and set of rules. If he was found deliberately breaking them, he would be in serious trouble and that was the last thing he needed. Several officials were already suspicious of him and Mike needed to keep a low profile if his mission was going to be a success.

It was his job to rally support for his father’s rebel faction, while at the same time gathering information on what the Authority was really up to and where they had come from. There were other people from the faction working undercover for the Authority or as refugees—his cousin Gemma among them—but Mike was the only one who was under twenty-one and therefore a part of what the Authority had set up in the first place. Rumors of the breeding program still floated around the pit, but since the Authority had been forced to open its doors to adults as well, things had certainly changed.

Mike was still housed in a theater designed only for children—except instead of being segmented by age now, he was living with boys of all ages. The thing that grouped them together was that none of them had any family to speak of. From what he had learned so far, there was one area for unattended boys, one for girls, and then also family areas where the adult refugees had been taken with their children—if they had any. He had only managed to speak to Gemma once about the other sections within the pit, learning the life she had seemed very different from the one he was leading. The Authority still controlled the orphaned children and they made sure that they were aware of it too.

Thankfully, they weren’t locked in cells overnight anymore. That was the key advantage that Mike had, the spy using the darkness of night to creep around the pit and gather information where he could. Time was quickly running out before the morning rounds began though, and he needed to get back to his room before a familiar and unlikeable guard—Scarface—found him out of bed again. It had already happened once and now Mike swore that Scarface started his morning rounds earlier and earlier just in the hope of catching Mike out.

“Out for an early morning stroll again, Jessop?”

Mike swore under his breath. He couldn’t believe it. Scarface was literally standing outside the door to his room, waiting for Mike to return. The guards of the Authority had taken to calling the boys by their last names, in an attempt to belittle them or make them feel like they were losing their identity. Mike didn’t mind it so much though; he was much more concerned about what was going to happen to him next rather than what Scarface called him. How long had the guard been there? Based on the smirk on his face, Mike guessed it was quite some time.

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