The Mind Keepers (The Mind Readers) by Brighton Lori

Author:Brighton, Lori [Brighton, Lori]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub
Publisher: Lori Brighton
Published: 2013-12-18T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Two hours. For two hours we’d been sitting on a stump in a small patch of woods along a railroad track just waiting for the right time. For two hours I’d been swatting at mosquitos, listening for the sound of a train whistle on this barely used track. And for those two hours I’d been thinking about Maddox.

I tried to ignore the pounding of my heart, knowing that at any moment that train would arrive, and we would know for sure if Maddox was there or if finding him was a lost cause. I tried but failed. I scraped my hair back, putting it into a quick ponytail. He’d insisted I not save him, he’d told me to try and have a normal life. But what sort of life could I have if he died? Especially knowing what I now knew? With a sigh, I rested my face in my hands. I’d been taught to be a warrior and not let my emotions get the best of me. Where was that warrior now when I needed her most?

When the shrill whistle finally pierced the evening sky, it startled me so much that I jumped to my feet. Cameron jumped up beside me. Lewis stood much more slowly, reluctantly almost, his gaze pinned to the tracks. The only one who didn’t seem all that interested was Aunt Lyndsey.

“I’d say they’re about a mile away,” she said. She’d changed into a clean shirt and looked the female version of Rambo again instead of the zombie she’d resembled after the compound attack.

We had dumped the car on a side road about a fourth of a mile north. A year ago, this little excursion would have been considered pointless. Putting our lives in danger for someone who wouldn’t benefit the team in some way? Not a chance. Mom never would have given permission. I wouldn’t have wasted my time or energy, yet here I was. How things had changed.

“We’ll need to pool our resources and get the hell out of here before Olivia wakes up or they find her,” Lewis whispered.

“Should have just killed her,” I muttered, although I didn’t really mean it. Maybe I would have a year ago. But unfortunately my new powers, or maybe it was the past year, came with a conscience. S.P.I. certainly would’ve killed her. But we weren’t S.P.I., or so I was continuously trying to prove to myself.

Cameron sent me a glare. “You don’t mean that.”

Yeah, I got it. Olivia had been tortured. People did crazy things when someone was threatening to drill into your brain. I could admit to myself that if I’d been with S.P.I. even another day, I might have folded, too.

“If they haven’t already found her.” I knew what she was saying: this could be a trap. Aunt Lyndsey started toward the tracks, her steps carefully placed and silent. “7:30, right on time.”

Lewis and Cameron followed, but I glanced back, making sure we were still alone. The town—if you could call it that, as it contained one bar and one gas station—was empty and quiet.

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