Hunter's Curse by Ginna Moran

Author:Ginna Moran [Moran, Ginna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fantasy, paranormal, paranormal fantasy, young adult, young adult fantasy, young adult paranormal, young adult thriller, urban fantasy
Publisher: Briarcliffe Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

7. NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE

JACQUELINE

I snap my eyes open and stare at the bright light fixtures on the ceiling of a white, sterile room. Monitors beep behind me and I try to sit up, but I’m restrained to the bed. Not only are my wrists bound, but my hands are covered in leather gloves. My palms sweat in the hot fabric and I jerk my hands and struggle to break free, but it’s pointless.

I hold my head up and look around. I’m restrained to a hospital bed in a plain room that looks like a doctor’s office. There’s nothing telling on the walls to indicate where I am, and the cabinets against the adjacent wall are closed and probably locked.

A beeping noise rings out from the door and I shift my gaze to it. The door swings open and in walks a man and a woman, both wearing white lab coats over their clothes. The woman grabs a clipboard from the end of my bed and the man peers at it over her shoulder.

They glance at each other in a silent thought shared between them.

“What are you doing to me?” I ask.

The woman, with brown hair, hazel eyes, and gold-rimmed glasses, taps her pen against her lips before turning to the man. “I’ll take it from here, Dr. Harvey.”

The man exits without saying a word and the woman draws her eyes to mine. “You murdered two of my agents.”

Anger rolls through me. “Well, they shouldn’t have provoked me and killed my brother.”

The woman raises her eyebrows. “You have a lot of nerve.”

I narrow my eyes. “So do you.” I’m not going to sit around and let this doctor intimidate me. While I don’t sense anything evil about her, I know the reason. She has her agents do everything for her. Evil is just waiting under the surface to break free.

The woman studies me for a second and then touches a button on the wall. “Please send Agent Chris to the blue zone. I need an escort to interrogation.”

I lean my head back, my neck aching from the awkward position. “What? I’m not telling you anything.”

The woman presses her lips together. “Then I guess I have no use for you.”

Fear slices through my heart. “I don’t understand.”

The woman crosses her arms. “Do you really think you’re ever getting out of here after killing two of my best agents? If you’re not going to answer a few questions, then the Human Preservation Agency is done with you. Unless...” She turns to look at the door. “You have something else to offer.”

I squeeze my eyes shut. I don’t know what she’s expecting from me. I don’t have anything anymore. What could I do to keep myself alive? She wants to interrogate you. That means she wants information. I swallow the lump in my throat. “Please, I don’t want to die. Can we work something out? I’ll do anything.”

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