Talen by Shay Savage

Author:Shay Savage [Savage, Shay]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Shay Savage, LLC
Published: 2019-02-19T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Every muscle in my body stiffens, and then my knees go weak. I lean back against the wall to keep from falling as the conversation in the nearby room continues.

“I can’t believe the president is coming all the way out here,” Holly says. “The journey from the capital takes a whole month. How long will he stay?”

“Not yet determined,” Mark replies. “I’m sure he’s not coming all the way here to take a quick look and then return home. He hasn’t left the capital in a year. We’re going to have to be prepared for a long visit.”

“Harrison LaGrange himself.” Holly lets out a long whistle.

“We need to get back up to that room on the top level and get it ready for him.”

My eyes close involuntarily as my heart stops, and my blood turns to ice water. Even as my father’s name is uttered, I can’t believe I’m hearing it right. It just isn’t possible.

Aerin grabs my elbow painfully, and when I open my eyes, she’s staring at me intently.

“Are you okay?” she whispers.

I nod quickly as I place my finger to my lips to silence her.

“I’ll send Joe up there to clean it out,” Holly says from the other room. “How many this week?”

“Aside from the president and his aide, we’ll have six more residents coming in a few days. We need to get accommodations and labs ready for all of them.”

“I’ll make sure everything is ready, Dr. Harp.”

“Thank you very much, Ms. Landers.”

“Mark,” she says quietly as she shakes her head and smiles.

“I’ll leave you to it then, Holly. See you at dinner?”

“See you then.”

We press ourselves to the back of the alcove as Dr. Harp exits the room and saunters off down the hall, whistling. I glance at Aerin, and we nod at each other before quickly making our way back to the generator room.

“This way!” Aerin grabs my hand and pulls me to the far side of the generator where she found the console. “I want to get that map.”

“My father is coming here.” I swallow hard.

“I heard.” Aerin peers at the console and digs her fingers into the edge of the map glued to the panel door.

My stomach clenches, and my heart starts to beat faster. I try to inhale deeply, but I feel like I can’t get any air into my lungs. I slowly drop to the floor on my ass and start to pant.

What the fuck is happening to me? My heart is beating so fast, I feel as if it’s going to explode out of my chest like a second Great Eruption. I’m getting dizzy from breathing too hard and too fast, and if there were anything in my stomach, I’m sure I would puke it up.

“Talen, you need to calm down.” Aerin places her hands on my shoulders, but I can barely feel her touch.

“He’s coming here,” I say again. “I can’t…I won’t—”

“Breathe, Talen!” Aerin places her hands on either side of my face. “Just look at me and breathe.

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