The Silent Lands Chronicles Box Set 1-4: Stealing Silence, Seeking Silence, Stinging Silence, Shadowed Silence by E.A. Darl

Author:E.A. Darl
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Susan Faw
Published: 2018-02-23T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 2

The Initiate

Avalon launched all one hundred twenty pounds of enraged female from the couch like a rocket, lunging with outstretched hands to grab Magnum’s throat. All Avalon wanted was to choke the girl where she stood. She was tired of being pushed, prodded, and goaded into reacting, yet here she was again, attacking the taunting teen.

Magnum laughed as Avalon bounced off the plexi-glass barrier and was tossed to the floor. She crossed her arms, eyes glinting and lips twisted into a mocking smile. “She doesn’t handle the drugs well, does she?”

Trench leaned up against the wall picking his nails clean with tip of his switchblade, watching Avalon rage. “You know, I wouldn’t get on her bad side. That girl has some serious anger management issues. They might even be worse than yours.”

Magnum stuck her tongue out at him and went back to smirking at the out of control Avalon through the safety of the plexi-glass. The room where they had secured Avalon was an old office space tucked off the back of the main kitchen. All furniture had been removed long ago, except for a rolling cot that they used as a place to crash and get some sleep. The window’s blinds had been pulled up, giving a clear view out into the kitchen. They had moved the unconscious Avalon into the room and laid her on the cot, after she had passed out from the branding. Trench had given her a shot of Oxycodone to ease the raw pain of her burnt arm, and then they had wrapped the wound and left her rest.

However, Avalon had awoken, and finding herself in the narrow cell-like room, she’d jumped to her feet and charged the window, screaming and raving about jail. She’d thrown herself over and over at the window, her face contorted with rage and a wild, insane light to her eyes.

“Uh oh,” Magnum had said and then wedged a chair under the doorknob, effectively locking Avalon inside. “Trench, we have a problem!” she had yelled over her shoulder, bringing him back to her side.

Again and again, Avalon hurled herself at the window. Magnum watched the small girl, fascinated by the desperation underlying her aggression. The attacks had a feral quality about them. The girl was acting like a caged bear she had seen once at a zoo. Feral and deranged at the same time. Avalon was extremely dangerous right now. Most people who are hallucinating are dangerous purely by accident, as they do not sense pain. That is what the drug is for, to deaden pain. Who knew she’d have no ability to handle it, thought Magnum. Weak.

Avalon had given up on her direct attacks at the window and now lay curled in a ball on the cot, cradling her sore arm. She had not moved for the last five minutes.

“Hey, Trench,” Magnum called over her shoulder, “looks like she has fallen asleep again. What do you want to do now?”

Trench left off counting their food supplies and wandered back over to the window.

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