False Future (A False Memory Novel) by Dan Krokos

Author:Dan Krokos [Krokos, Dan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Published: 2014-08-19T00:00:00+00:00

I’m going to lose my hand. The nurse doesn’t have to say anything; I can tell by her face. The first thing she does is run for a doctor. Peter is trying to get off his gurney to help me, but he’s too far gone, and his nurse doesn’t have much trouble keeping him on his back. She gives him another syringe full of something, and he sinks into the pillow, eyes shut. Good. I don’t want him to see this.

Me? I’m crying. I’m not sure if it’s from the pain or from the knowledge that something bad is going to happen to me—something that will make it harder to fight. I remember the director again. She has both hands. So I should have both hands too, right? Or maybe one is bionic, who knows.

Or maybe she was lying. I’m still not convinced.

I won’t know until I see Olivia’s memories.

Blood is still pouring out of my glove. It started as a river as thick as my wrist, but has tapered to a pencil-thin stream. I can’t feel my ring and little fingers. Come to think of it, I can’t feel my face. Take heart, I think. You are still alive, and the fight is not over. The thought is surprisingly articulate, given the general fuzziness in my brain. Noah and Rhys and Olive are not alive, but I know what they’d do if they were—they’d keep fighting. So I will in their place.

God, I miss them.

The doctor comes over and begins working on my glove. He actually gasps when it comes off. I still don’t look at my hand. But I feel the cool air on it, so that’s good.

“Give her something, Laurie. Jesus.”

Laurie gives me something. A needle gently inserted into my neck, since my arms are still armored. Something to make me sleep. I am grateful.

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