Two Beating Hearts (The Defectives Book 1) by Jamie Campbell

Author:Jamie Campbell [Campbell, Jamie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-02-28T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12: Reece

One foot in front of the other, that’s all I had to do. Training had been particularly brutal this morning. Sometimes I was certain Sergeant Malone was trying to kill us. We didn’t need enemies when our superiors were happy to cull our numbers for them.

I normally enjoyed the morning training routine, especially the five mile run around the barracks. It made my head clear and was predictable. As long as I kept putting one foot in front of the other I would eventually finish. I would achieve the goal we were aiming for.

This morning my head was far from clear.

It was full of a Defective Clone named Wren. I tried to pound thoughts of her away in the first mile. It didn’t work. She was still lingering, there on my eyelids every time I blinked.

The girl needed to get out of the city and she didn’t have a chance without help. If the Resistance wouldn’t aid her then I had to find another way. Otherwise she would continue to haunt my every thought until the end of my days.

The problem was all the eyes on me. If it wasn’t my superiors or comrades, then it was all the cameras that watched twenty-four hours a day.

Watching, watching, always watching.

We weren’t entitled to privacy, we were owned by Stone and had no life away from the one we dedicated to her servitude. It was what I had signed up for. What I needed to do to escape the ghosts of my past. I knew I was signing over my life, I just didn’t realize how much impact one clone would have on me.

I needed to get her out of my brain.

I was going to continue to trip up and be noticed unless I kept my head in the game. By helping the Resistance I was helping her too. I couldn’t forget the bigger plan.

The job offer from Stone was the other big issue playing on me. While she didn’t say it, I knew there would be a time limit on the offer. If I didn’t do something about it soon the opportunity would expire.

It was another reason why I needed to speak with Joseph again. He would be able to tell me if it would be beneficial to the Resistance if I accepted. My gut told me that getting closer to the president could only be a good thing but my instincts had let me down before.

My gut couldn’t be trusted.

Sergeant Malone blew his whistle as we passed the last marker. Only half a mile to go now. We sprinted toward the finish line, putting the last of our lingering energy into the efforts.

The blood in my veins pounded through my body as the muscles in my legs strained. My arms pumped in time, keeping their own rhythm to the beat of my heart.

I was one of the first few to cross the line. I slowed down, preparing to come to a stop cautiously. It was just as likely

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