Homecoming (Karma Police Book 6) by Sean Platt & David Wright

Author:Sean Platt & David Wright [Platt, Sean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: sci-fi
Publisher: Collective Inkwell
Published: 2017-08-14T16:00:00+00:00

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CHAPTER 9

Ella

I seize control, stopping Irina before she can touch The Collector.

It quickly turns, grabbing Clifton’s spectral hand, and pulls him into the portal.

The portal closes.

And time resumes.

I launch Irina toward Fairchild, smacking the blade from his hand before kicking him in the chest.

He flies backward, slapping the wall behind him.

Before he can figure out what’s going on and launch an attack, I run at him, drop to the ground, slide, and grab both sides of his face, thumbs pressing against his closed eyes, about to drill in.

A high-pitched almost digital-sounding scream stops me.

Kicks me out of Irina’s body.

And I’m suddenly floating above it all again.

But now time isn’t stopped. And Irina is staring straight at me.

She balls her fist, then splays her fingers, as if flicking me away.

And now I’m back in my body.

In the wheelchair.

Strapped and trapped.

Fairchild stands, huffing and puffing, red-faced.

I’m not sure if he’s angry or embarrassed that I’d gotten the drop on him.

It doesn’t matter. Now he’s pissed.

He grabs the blade, rushes over, grabs my left hand, slices the blade straight down, and lops off my thumb.

I scream as my thumb falls then rolls on the ground, blood spurting all over my bare legs.

“Stop it!” my father screams.

Fairchild grabs me by the hair, yanks my head back, and slides the blade against my neck.

I can feel my pulse racing against the blade.

Fairchild’s hands are shaking.

I have no doubt that he’s angry enough to kill me right here.

“Do it,” I sneer. “Do it, you coward.”

Fairchild responds, fist tight around my hair, blade still pressing sharp against my throat. “I’m going to talk slow so you both can hear me, okay? If you refuse to tell me where Niko is, I’m going to hurt her. But I’m going to drag Chelsea in here and start with her first. Then I’ll get Carla.”

“Carla?” I say, only now remembering that when I heard about Chelsea vanishing, Carla had too.

“Yes, we’ve got Carla. And I’ll strap her to a chair just like this. Hurt her, then murder her in front of you, your father, and Chelsea. Then I’ll do the same to Chelsea. Next, I’ll drag every one of your captured First Front traitors in here. I’ll interrogate and murder each and every one in front of you both. So you can watch. So you can feel the pain of your actions. And then I’ll kill Ella, again. I’ll put her soul inside Eden, and she’ll never, ever escape. She’ll live out the rest of her very long life serving me and our cause.”

Hate is roiling off of his body in sickening ebony waves.

I have no doubt that he’s capable of doing everything he just said.

He’s a monster, and he is holding all the cards.

Fairchild takes the blade from my neck, wrestles my right hand into position, then bends my fingers, sliding the blade beneath them, as if he’s going to slice all four fingers in a single upward thrust.

I try to fight him, to twist my head so I can bite him, or something.

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