The Extraction (The Claudia Belle Series Book 1) by Luis C.S

Author:Luis, C.S [Luis, C.S]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-09-21T22:00:00+00:00

8

Claudia Belle

Escaping the old man was one thing. But what faced me instead, if not his questions and concerns, was high school. Eyes turned to see the new kid as I made my way through the side doors, past the cafeteria entrance. They knew who I was long before I stepped in. One would think I was somewhat of a celebrity.

Was that a good thing? Not when you consider what sort of celebrity status my background had given me, meaning that I was the principal's granddaughter; if I hadn't considered it before, I was seriously considering it now.

How strange, one minute you’re eating cereal at your family’s breakfast table, and the next, you’re riding to school on a busy day. You awake with a new life with no one to tell you what has happened, where your family is, and why you’re all alone. Then they jam a whole bunch of information about a grandfather you’ve never met and plan to stick you there. Their lives go on, and yours just ends there in a new world you know nothing about.

So, this is my new world now? The cold faces of reality staring back at me as I moved along the hallway. My father’s message to me, what did it mean? Why was he afraid? My father had never feared anything.

The faces in front of me told me their thoughts. I could hear into their minds, but it was never coherent, never inaudible, only chatter channeling through my mind, piercing my thoughts like distorted radio sounds. That’s how I knew my parents were dead before Mr. West told me. That’s how I knew my whole life had changed.

What they knew, I knew too.

My father wanted to protect me, but protect me from what or who? My father had the ability, something we shared together. But he was good at hiding it and knew when I would try to read him. And now, what had once made me feel special was making me feel like a freak.

The hallway stretched ahead, crowds of students spread a path, looking in my direction as I raced past them hastily. I longed for solitude, a place to hide from all this. But where could I go? I had nothing, nothing but my memories, memories of once having a home to call my own, a place among the secure embrace of my parents. And now they were gone and I would never see them again. I couldn't understand that.

It’s not fair.

At this thought, my father's voice found its way into my mind, his image well burned in my thoughts forever. It was an image of him standing outside my bedroom when he told me we were going to be moving. But then I didn’t know it would just be me; I didn’t know what my father’s intentions really were.

“But I like Trent, daddy. Why must we leave? I don’t want to go,” I had voiced.

"Because you’re my daughter, and I’m not giving my only daughter to that family,” he very firmly answered.

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