The Secret Trials (The Trials Trilogy Book 2) by Tara Benham

Author:Tara Benham [Benham, Tara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mystery, Thriller, suspense, The Black Trials, Tara Benham
Published: 2018-08-22T05:00:00+00:00

Nine

I woke up first. I made sure to creep quietly to the desk so as not to wake up Radek and Lukas. The files on my desk were screaming to be viewed. I was safe in my house, so I didn’t need them to be awake to get working on my theory. Vira’s words from Dobra rang in my ears. Dobra was very clearly not pleased, but she knew she had to do as I asked. Staring at the few files that were in front of me, I wondered if she’d provided everything she had.

I wasn’t going to fret too much on it for the time, because this was enough to keep me busy for the rest of the evening. I sat down in my chair and pulled the first file out of the pile. The name listed was unfamiliar, and the description of the woman was vague. Dark hair, light eyes, physically weak. The reason stated for the need for cloning? She refused to allow her fifteen-year-old to be tested a year early for the trials. They had wanted to know if a younger age was mentally prepared and when she refused, they cloned her, and had the clone sign the appropriate paperwork.

Bile threatened to fill my throat once more. The information I was getting was overly nauseating. I wasn’t sure how much more my stomach could tolerate. They had cloned her merely for disagreeing with what they presented as a volunteer option. They were trying to create a utopia of sorts? What sense did that make?

The second file was a sixteen-year-old who had exhibited high intelligence that they could use for research but was unable to pass their trials. They swooped in right before she died so that they could use her to clone.

I closed the file and rested my head on the table. Sick. That was all I could feel was sick to my stomach. They were creating a group of complacent people who would do their will without being second-guessed. And those of us who were not clones were passively allowing it to happen? Living in the dark? Just complacent enough that we kept the suspicion down? I knew I had to review the other files, I needed to build a knowledge base of all those who were clones, but my heart was hurting too much.

“Would you like some coffee?” Vira’s soft-spoken question made me jump a little. I hadn’t heard her enter the room.

I wiped my eyes and looked at her, trying to hide the tears that had been falling but failed. She handed me a tissue but didn’t acknowledge the rest of my actions. She quietly left the room and returned a short time later with a carafe of coffee, a mug, cream, and sugar so that I could refill as needed. I thanked her, and she quietly left me to lament.

“Fanya, are you okay?” There was still sleep in Radek’s voice.

“No, not really.”

“What’s wrong?” He jumped up, suddenly alert, and scanned the area.

His swift reaction startled Lukas awake too, and he fell off the lounge he was on.

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