Rayne's Return (Hearts of ICARUS Book 3) by Laura Jo Phillips

Author:Laura Jo Phillips [Phillips, Laura Jo]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Kathleen Honsinger
Published: 2015-03-07T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

365 Days in the Future

Rayne sat on the edge of her cot, meticulously going over her concerto. She imagined each note, chord, and bar as though she could see the music written on paper before her, while at the same time imagining the way it would sound when played.

She’d done all she could to prepare for what was coming. She’d walked endless laps around her tiny cell, and she’d worked with her shield enough that it was as easy as ever to keep it up and in place without thinking too much about it. There was nothing more she could do but rest, try to relax, and wait.

The familiar thunk of the locking mechanism on her door came exactly when she expected it to, though she didn’t indicate that she was aware of it by the tiniest flicker of an eyelash. When the door opened and the small blue figure dressed in the yellow uniform of the maintenance crew stepped inside, her eyes didn’t move, nor did her breathing change.

The Doftle entered, carrying her evening meal in one hand, then paused just inside to wait for the door to automatically close and lock behind him, a routine that no Doftle had veered from even once. He set a bowl down on the little tray table, slid the table across the almost three feet of floor space to a spot directly in front of where she sat, and put a plastic spoon in her hand, closing her fingers around the handle. As soon as he stepped back she began to feed herself as she’d done every time she received food since being placed in the cell. The Doftle backed up to the door, slid his card through the reader and backed out.

She ate the gruel methodically, spoonful after spoonful until it was gone, just as she always did. When she was finished she reached down to the metal frame of the cot beneath the thin mattress where she sat, and began sawing the handle of her spoon back and forth over the sharpest edge she’d been able to find, her movements quick and short in order to build up as much heat and friction as possible.

“This is your plan?” Wolef asked in surprise. “You’re going to use the end of a plastic spoon as a weapon?”

“Yes,” she replied simply as she rotated the spoon in her hand and began rubbing the other side against the bed frame.

“It’s not going to work,” he said with clear disappointment. “Doftles have tough skin. No matter how sharp you make it, I doubt very much that it will penetrate.”

“Since I don’t intend to use it on his skin, that won’t be a problem.” Her arm began to grow tired but that didn’t deter her. She continued the rubbing motion, turning the spoon in her hand when it became too warm.

“What do you intend to do with it then?”

“I intend to plant it as deeply into the Doftle’s brain as I possibly can.”

“You cannot be serious,” Wolef said, shocked by her response.

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