Eye Contact (The Conditioned Book 1) by Royce Rebecca

Author:Royce, Rebecca [Royce, Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-10-21T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Addison approached the building with trepidation. The gray, industrial concrete hid whatever was inside from the outside world in a man-made glamour of respectability. She’d been mind-altered once already by someone Spencer had called a teenager. In no way did she want to begin to imagine what a full-grown adult could do to her. She tried to convince herself that an adult might actually use restraint.

The door flung open and she smiled. Spencer was on time. Ten minutes, as he’d said. The smile, however, died a quick death on her lips. It wasn’t Spencer standing there at all.

“You know, it’s a good thing I always come out and do one more look, because one of you girls is always late to the party.”

“Pardon?” Addison looked at the woman who stood in front of her. Five feet six inches tall and curved like something out of puberty-ridden little boys’ wet dream, she was simply gorgeous. Dark, almost black hair that fell to her large and well-displayed breasts framed the highest cheekbones Addison had ever seen.

On some women they might have looked like facial implants, but on her they fit her face; they looked natural. Her eyes, almond shaped, were maybe an inch too far apart to be considered fashionable, but Addison thought it made her look exotic coupled with her dark olive complexion. She was probably of Armenian or Turkish ancestry.

As she pushed away her anxiety, Addison realized she’d been doing that for years—sizing people up with a glance. It was something her grandfather could do; it was why he was so good at his job.

“Are you deaf? Hello?” The other woman waved a hand in front of Addison’s face. “Are you coming?”

“You were sent to get me?” She wanted to be clear on that before she went anywhere. Spencer hadn’t said he’d do that, but maybe the plans had changed once he’d entered Safe Dawn?

“It’s my job. Come on.”

She followed her motion to step through the door into complete darkness. Only a feeble neon glow from somewhere below the radiators gave any light at all.

Trying to keep up with her guide, she attempted conversation once more. “I’m Addison.”

“I don’t care.” The brunette’s tone didn’t allow for any discussion on the subject.

Who was this nasty woman Spencer had sent to collect her? Where was he? What had happened to keep him from getting her himself? She’d opened her mouth to ask that very question—screw the woman’s attitude problem—when they came out of the dark hallway, which she quickly realized was a tunnel, and arrived outside.

Addison gasped. She was standing in a courtyard that could have been found in any small, northeastern college campus. Small, dormitory-looking buildings of six floors surrounded a green area that would have been perfect for a game of Frisbee golf or sun-tanning on a warm day. No one was using the facility except for a small group of men who stood in the corner of the lawn smoking. She didn’t have any time to dwell on her surroundings or how well they were hidden from the outside.

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