Fight for Blood (Blood Origins Book 2) by Tiffany Heiser

Author:Tiffany Heiser [Heiser, Tiffany]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Willow Moon Publishing
Published: 2020-03-09T05:00:00+00:00

I frown. “I’m going to hallucinate?” I wasn’t such a fan of

that idea, especially given the fact that my life had taken a sharp turn for the surreal over the last several months. I had become a pretty

big fan of clinging to the knowledge that, as weird as things around me might seem, I knew what was real and what wasn’t.

“It won’t be a genuine hallucination,” Giorgia said. “Think

of it as more like a projection. We’ll be playing images for you in

your mind. You’ll know what’s real and what isn’t, and nothing will

actually be able to hurt you. It’s really the safest and least invasive way we can do this, I promise. You don’t have anything to be afraid

of.

I still didn’t feel great about what lay ahead, but what could I

do? The trials were necessary if I wanted to move forward to a life

with Cryder. And I did.

I crossed the room and climbed up onto the bed, feeling

deeply weird. It was as vulnerable as lying down for an exam at the

doctor’s office, except that at the doctor’s office you weren’t

literally in bed, and that somehow made the whole thing feel even

more vulnerable.

At least Giorgia had a good bedside manner. She moved

efficiently, readying equipment I didn’t recognize, breaking from

her work occasionally to give me a little smile. I believed she really wanted me to do well, and that was immeasurably helpful.

“Okay,” she said, placing a mask over my nose and mouth.

“You’ll be out in a minute. You’re just going to feel a quick jab—

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that’s the serum—and then the first simulation will begin. I’ll be

right here the whole time, and your friends are waiting in the other room. Not to worry.”

My last thought was of Cryder’s aunt, the one who had failed

her trials and was now insane. It seemed to me that there was plenty to worry about. But before I could articulate the thought, before I

could even fully think it, I felt a sharp pain in my arm. The world

tilted sideways, and I slid off.

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