The Burning Tree: Book 1: Salvation by Christopher Artinian
Author:Christopher Artinian [Artinian, Christopher]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-06-29T16:00:00+00:00
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Rat-tat-tat. Harper tapped on the door gently. It was the early hours of the morning, and most people would still be in bed. She placed her palm against the uPVC, willing Tania to answer before she had to knock again. The door suddenly opened, but it wasnât Tania.
âHarper,â Tony said, embracing her warmly.
Harper reciprocated but looked beyond him, desperate to see her lover. âWhereâs Tania?â
âSheâs not with you?â he asked, pulling back. âI heard about the arrests. I felt sure I wasnât going to see either of you again.â
âNo. She wasnât at the pub when the guards came. If sheâs not here, where is she? It doesnât make any sense.â
Tony looked up and down the corridor. âCome in,â he said, taking Harperâs wrist and pulling her through the door. He closed it behind them, and the pair walked into the small living area.
They both sat there for a while, neither one knowing where to start. âFirst things first. How come youâre back down here? I felt sure youâd be sent to the surface.â
Harper was about to answer when the sound of the door opening made her stop. She looked towards the entrance of the living area, and a second later, Tania appeared. Tears immediately began to flood down both their faces, and they rushed towards each other. They held each other as though their lives depended on it, their tears merging as their cheeks met. âI thought Iâd lost you,â Tania wept.
âI thought Iâd lost you,â Harper replied.
âIâve just been walking the streets. I didnât know what to do.â They clutched each other for a few more seconds before Tania grabbed Harperâs hand and led her across to the couch. Tony and the two women sat down. âWhat happened? How did you escape?â
âWe were in a holding cellâall of us. I was sitting with Dani, and we felt sure that they were going to take us one by one for questioning to get all the information they could before sending us to the surface. After a while, they marched us back out to the lift and I thought, This is it. Theyâre sending us up there. I thought I was never going to see you again.â Harper began to cry once more but eventually brought her tears under control.
âThen what?â
âThen they brought us back down here and left us all tied up and with hoods over our heads. It was a few minutes before we decided to risk doing anything, but then we broke our restraints, removed our hoods and realised that theyâd let us go.â
âOh my God. He was right. He was right about everything.â
âWhat are you talking about? Who was right?â
âWe met a man.â
âWe? We who?â
âCallie and me. He was by one of the lifts, him and his family. He was from Level Two. Callie knew himâsaid his name was Phil Trainor.â
âPhil Trainor? The hydroponics guy?â
âYeah. He said that thereâd been a huge fire at Farm One and they were going to cut us off down here.
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