PSIONIC Book Two: The Tower (Adrian Howell's PSIONIC Pentalogy) by Howell Adrian

Author:Howell, Adrian [Howell, Adrian]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2012-12-19T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9: The Closet Monster

Terry’s baffling episode had almost driven my own problems from my mind, but the day after speaking with Mark, I found myself standing at the door of 3901. I hadn’t had a one-on-one talk with Mr. Baker since arriving in New Haven, and as I knocked on the door, I wondered if I should have had Cindy make an appointment for me. There was no answer so I knocked again, slightly harder. I was about to turn and leave when I heard the lock click open.

“Well, hello, Adrian,” said Mr. Baker, opening the door. “There is a doorbell.”

“Oh, right,” I said, laughing embarrassedly.

“Come in. Let’s not stand out here.”

I followed Mr. Baker into his condo and sat with him at the low table in his living room. This time, when he offered me sugar with my tea, I accepted it and the silver spoon to stir it with.

“To what do I owe the pleasure?” asked Mr. Baker once we had taken a sip.

“I was wondering...” I hesitated. What was I going to say? That I got drunk and couldn’t remember what I was doing the night the Angel spy escaped? That maybe I had done something to help him? Now that I was actually here, the whole story sounded utterly ridiculous.

“Yes, Adrian?” asked Mr. Baker. “You were wondering?”

“About my sister, Mr. Baker,” I said clumsily. “About Catherine. Any news of where she is?”

“Ah, well, it was about time you came around on that account,” said Mr. Baker, nodding.

I looked at him hopefully, but Mr. Baker shook his head. “Unfortunately, we still have no information concerning your sister,” he informed me. “However, please do not lose heart. The Angels are a very large faction, with many subdivisions and countless servants. Just because Catherine has not been located doesn’t mean she is not with them. Besides, even if we found her today, we probably would not be able to remove her from the faction without severe damage to her mind.”

“I know of the dangers of separation,” I said, remembering the Angel pyroid who had gone insane. “But how long do people need before they can be safely separated?”

“It depends,” Mr. Baker said carefully. “With a child, it could be until adulthood, and even then, it is unlikely that she will ever be completely free of her conversion. She may spend much of her life longing to return to the service of the Angels.”

I frowned. Cindy had told me the same thing last year.

Mr. Baker gave me an encouraging smile. “Of course, if we could somehow kill the Angel queen, Adrian, your sister’s conversion would wear off very quickly.”

I knew that from Cindy too. Killing the Angels’ master controller, Larissa Divine, was the only sure way to release Cat from her mental enslavement. I didn’t like the idea of killing anybody, now more than ever, but if that really was the only way to recover my lost sister...

I looked at Mr. Baker hesitantly. “Are you?”

“Trying to kill the Angel queen?” asked Mr.

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