Splintering Reality (Breaking Order Series Book 2) by Catherine Kopf

Author:Catherine Kopf [Kopf, Catherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-05T16:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-FOUR

Ambert

Serre blinded my eyes with the color white. Everything was white— the bridges, the buildings, even some roads, possibly to ward off the darkness in the cave. Graffiti music notes lingered on the walls in an array of colors— blue, black, orange, gray, and it all broke the illusion of a clean, organized city.

The white streets stained with brown and ash. I coughed. A smog filled the air from a recent bombing by The Regime. The building beside me crumpled like a brittle gram cracker.

“Get a load of this place— just wow!” Wes’ jaw dropped.

I let out a breath of air and released a puff of smoke. That couldn’t be right. Shards of ice covered several areas: buildings, streets, even people. This city was too far south for snow to fall like in Fortress. Something was up— The Regime was unfolding a plan.

I winced and clutched my arm again. “Ack!”

Kuan-yin gave me a pitiful glance. “I saw a sign for a hospital this way.”

“Need any help?” Wes offered his hand.

I smiled. “That’d be great.”

Kuan-yin, Wes, and I trudged our way to the hospital. They made sure I was okay the entire journey, but I couldn’t bring myself to face them. I was the reason the three of us made it out without the others.

The doors and windows on the outside the hospital were glass. Not great for my sound wielding or The Regime’s bullets.

Kuan-yin dashed to the entrance and approached the front desk. I could still hear her as she pointed at me, but the staff must’ve been overwhelmed with victims from The Regime’s attack.

“But his mother is Harmony Greer!” Kuan-yin shouted through the ruckus.

The secretary’s eyes widened. “He’s one of the twins?”

“Please get him in,” Kuan-yin begged.

The secretary made a phone call as Wes tapped my shoulder.

“Thanks for what you did back there. If— if I killed you...” Wes sighed.

“I wouldn’t forgive myself if I killed my best friend,” I paused. “I couldn’t let you do that to yourself either.”

Six people exited the hospital with a stretcher — I assumed that was for me — and Wes released his support on my arm. After situating myself, the personnel rushed me into a hospital room on the fifth floor and they began their standard treatments. I shut my eyes and exhaled to stabilize myself.

After a doctor took a blood test, placed stitches into my left arm, and wrapped my wounds with bandages, she lifted her spectacles. I wore all white, the customary color of Serre, even with Regime restrictions. The red ‘C’ on my chest haunted me as it always did.

She cleared her throat. “Do you know why your friends aren’t allowed in here, Mr. Greer?”

“If this has to deal with the incident in the cave—” I started.

“It has everything to do with that. Serre is a city based on light, cleanliness— healing.”

“Isn’t it a city of music?”

“We’re a fighting city, Mr. Greer. One with high Dreamer standards. A single orchestra could take out an entire Regime base. With potent sound magic, a soloist or musician could take out an entire squadron.

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