Bonds That Break by Brant Williams

Author:Brant Williams [Williams, Brant]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-02-06T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Extreme Measures

I stood up, completely shocked. They were debating killing me? What good would that do?

Nakai also stood up and held out her hands in a pacifying gesture. "Now just relax for a moment," she said. "We haven't made any decisions yet."

"And that's supposed to make me–" I began, but before I could finish, blue mist shot out of Nakai's hands. A Haze! She had tricked me.

The mist felt cool and calming as it surrounded me and then collapsed in, entering my body. I couldn't move, the mist seemed to be somehow paralyzing.

A look of relief flashed between Nakai and Sunee. They both let out deep breaths.

"Ok," said Nakai. "You will not leave the Manor house unless Sunee or I command you to. You will sit in the Council meetings you are invited to and will speak only when asked a direct question by Sunee or myself. You will agree with any decision we make regarding your fate, up to and including your execution. You will not harm any Berserker or Binder, or attempt to escape in any way. You will obey any order from me or Sunee without hesitation or question. When we are done here, you will not remember that we had this conversation."

She clapped her hands together.

What was that? It looked like a haze, but instead of isolating memories, it seemed to be focused on controlling my decisions. Was that even possible?

Nakai put a hand on my shoulder. "I apologize for having to do this Madison. It isn't often that we use the Haze to directly control a person's behavior. Only a few Binders even know it's possible. It’s how we keep the Berserkers under control of the council. They may have the strength, but we use that strength how we see fit."

I tried to keep my face as blank as possible. What was going on here? If they had put a Haze on me I shouldn't be able to remember it, should I? I didn't feel any different, but if it worked I wouldn't feel different. That was kind of the whole point of a Haze – that they didn't know it had happened.

It was time to make a choice. I could go along with their plan and then test out just what they had done to me, or I could punch them both through a wall right now.

Honestly, both plans had their merits.

The more I thought about what they had just tried to do, the more anger I felt. I took stock of my thoughts and what I could and couldn't do. They were trying to control my mind and make me go along with a potential death sentence. Based on the fury that was building, I was pretty sure that the Haze hadn't worked. As much as I wanted to resort to extreme violence, I wasn't going to use my powers to smash old ladies, no matter how dangerous they were.

"Believe it or not, we are sorry it has come to this," said Sunee.

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