Soul Sacrifice by Courtney Davis

Author:Courtney Davis [Davis, Courtney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781631123801
Publisher: 5 Prince Publishing

Shine Buchanan hated everything about her life. Every morning she was forced to go about a routine that would hide what she was because of the embarrassment and political destruction it would cause her father if revealed. She was taught to be ashamed of herself, and she had grown up determined to make him proud. So she accepted the shots that the nurse gave her, though she’d had no idea what was in them until recently, and she wore uncomfortable contact lenses that made her eyes a bright blue. She stood in front of groups of people on a regular basis wearing expensive suits with her hair perfectly styled and proclaimed the need to keep the populations safe, and separate. Most importantly, separate.

All the while she knew everything about herself was a lie. A lie that could destroy what her father had built for them. At least that’s what he wanted her to believe; that everything he did was for her as much as him. She had come to doubt that more and more lately. She had begun to rethink the narrative he’d fed her, the narrative that she had been regurgitating in interviews since she was sixteen. Talking of things she had no experience with. She was a fool, and she was certain that ninety percent of the world saw her as such.

She’d never even met a halfling, let alone spent time with orphans. No halflings were allowed in DC and she wasn’t allowed out. She looked down at her hand, she had no implant which meant she didn’t even technically exist, and yet, she was one of the most well-known faces in the States, perhaps the world. She couldn’t walk out of her house without security and a female companion. She was never alone in her home, and she didn’t leave her room until Nurse Reagan told her she was ready.

“Good evening, love, ready for your vitamins?” Nurse Reagan walked in with a tray right on time. On it was a needle full of a red liquid and a glass of orange juice, always the same.

“Yes,” Shine said with a sigh and turned from her desk where she’d been reading letters from supporters. All of them had been prescreened of course. Her father and his advisors saw everything before she did.

It kept her safe. Or so he had always said.

She lived in a perfectly curated life, the only thing her father couldn’t control was her thoughts, and lately they’d begun to wander into dangerous territory.

Shine closed her eyes as the nurse jabbed the needle into her upper arm. The red liquid flowed into her, and she felt a deep relief.

“It’s still sunny out there, so make sure you stay in the shade if you go out to the gardens this evening,” Nurse Reagan said as she pulled the needle back and handed Shine her orange juice.

“Yes, Nurse,” Shine said with a sigh, gazing down at her pale skin. She’d been blessed with a complexion that hated the sun, just another thing she kept to herself.

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