ShadowMarked by AJ Eversley

Author:AJ Eversley [Eversley, A J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: AJ Eversley

GUNNER

Two more days passed and I didn’t dare try and follow Vic again. I had hardly slept, getting what little sleep I could when they took her way. Each time, she returned, clean and with new clothes. They were testing her, testing what she could do, and how much she could be controlled. The times between when she left and returned were shortening, which meant she had likely stopped resisting whatever was inside of her more and more.

“I won’t hurt you,” Vic said one day while we both lay quietly on our beds. I was staring at the roof, but I could feel her gaze on me. “I know you’ve been wondering. And I know you haven’t slept, but it doesn’t work like that. I can’t control it around them, but here I’m… myself.”

“Well that’s comforting,” I said, instantly regretting the sarcastic tone I always seemed to have. I sighed. “I know what they’re doing to you isn’t you, Vic. And I’m going to find a way to stop this.”

“You can’t.”

She was right; there was nothing I could do. They hadn’t even bothered with me since Grayson gave them orders to keep me out of whatever trials and tests they were conducting. That fact only made me feel guiltier.

“I’m her nephew,” I said quietly. I felt Vic shift until she was on her side facing me. I did the same. “Governor Grayson is my aunt. My father was her brother.”

“How do you know?”

“She told me,” I said. “It’s why they haven’t been doing anything to me, why I’ve been exempt from the torture they’re putting you through.”

“You should consider yourself lucky, not feel guilty about it.” Vic’s voice was so soft, such a change from what I knew she held on the inside. To the outside world, she looked fragile like a flower, but I knew she was fragile like a bomb. Dangerous if not dealt with carefully.

“It doesn’t matter if I’m exempt, I’m still caged. I can’t do anything. I can’t help anyone.” I aimed a frustrated punch to my pillow.

“You’ve helped me,” Vic said. “And in some ways, you helped Sienna.”

“I betrayed her first,” I yelled. Vic flinched back, and I lowered my voice. “I’m just like my father. I’m selfish and chose myself over everyone else.”

Vic let out a long breath. She was quiet for some time before she said, “Maybe you’re looking at this situation the wrong way. Sometimes, the best way to trick someone is to make them think you’re on their side first.”

“You think I should use Grayson?”

“Couldn’t hurt.” Vic shrugged.

“How though?” I mumbled.

She shrugged again. “I’m sure you’ll think up a way.”

She was right. I could play the game, probably better than anyone. It was what I was good at, lying, deceiving, tricking. If that was the only way to help, it was exactly what I’d do.

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