Pulse by Danielle Koste

Author:Danielle Koste [Koste, Danielle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-91-984252-0-8
Publisher: Danielle Koste

Chapter Sixteen

Three weeks. That’s how long it took for Rowan’s last bit of hope to slip away. Three weeks of pleading with no results. Three weeks of ignored objections. Three weeks of everyone acting like the subject had disappeared, never existed, and Rowan was likely to follow him into exile if she wasn’t careful.

It was difficult, though. She was so distracted, her research and work performance were slipping, putting the project and her position on it at risk. She was constantly in her head, trying to think of a way out, consumed with the regret, worried it would be too late, that she waited too long, that even if it wasn’t, he still wouldn’t forgive her.

The forgiving part she dwelled on far too much. After all, why should he? It was partly her fault he was in such a situation. She couldn’t even imagine what it was like, to be trapped in a room, scared and alone, starving, and unsure when or if he’d ever get out.

An almost immortal, never having to worry about dying, facing the idea of death for the first time. Had he lost track of time yet? Was he in pain? If she did get to speak to him again, what state would he be in? Would he even be alive? And if he was, what would a few weeks of hunger do to him? Would he even be himself, or would she be speaking with the monster lingering in the blacks of his eyes?

Before the electrocution, Rowan wanted to know more about him for her own selfish reasons. She wanted to help him because it would be good for her, for her career, for the project. Now though, she didn’t care at all about the project, about Miller’s plans for the virus. She even would have left with Phelps, pushed all memories of what happened out of her mind and continued her career like nothing changed, if she didn’t know she was the only one that would help him.

To help she needed a plan, though. And the longer she spent trying to figure out what to do, the longer she waited for an opportunity that never came, the more she realized she would need to do it herself if she was ever going to see the subject again. All the help she was going to get was from a handed-off key card and the one person that was always ready to follow her into a fire.

So, when Rowan knew she couldn’t wait any longer, she swallowed her pride and shame from ignoring his calls, and paid Cameron an unannounced visit during his night shift.

“I brought you a midnight snack.”

Cameron could never say no to mint chocolate chip ice cream. He could, however, get suspicious of her intentions. His apprehension immediately showed on his face, as well as his mild annoyance.

“If you think you can bribe your way into my good favor again...” He didn’t finish his sentence because they both knew that it was entirely possible for her to do just that with how weak willed he was.

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