Child of Recklessness (Trials of Strength Book 2) by Matthew R. Bell

Author:Matthew R. Bell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: empowerment, action adventure, hero adventure, hero and heroine, horror action adventure, science action

The Sacrifice

I surged forward as soon as the sound smacked my ears. I barrelled into Paul with a roar as the room broke out in screams. We hit the floor and I felt his ribs crack under my weight. I raised my fist, ready to cave the bastard’s skull in. It was then I noticed the sharp cries of a child, and I looked over at Anna, who had Alex wrapped in her arms, very much alive.

‘Brian…’ Anna whispered.

I followed her teary eyes across to where Brian stood in the bathroom doorway. His eyes were wide, and the blood had drained from his face. In his hands, still aimed at where Paul had been, was a gun, a thin trail of smoke spiraling from it. The shot we’d heard hadn’t been from Paul. Brian had killed his father. I looked down, and it was confirmed. The side of Paul’s head was dented and bloody, a hole where the bullet had entered was evident. Paul’s eyes were closed, his face still and peaceful, a look I’d never seen him wear.

Oh, God.

I clumsily got by to my feet, and stumbled away from Paul’s body.

‘No. No. Nooo!’ Brian whined.

The gun in his hands clattered to the ground, and Brian’s head and face twisted with pain. His anguish filled the air with agonising screams, and he dropped down beside his father’s lifeless corpse. All of us watched in complete shock. We barely took in air, and our hearts crushed under the weight of Brian’s cries. He’d killed his father to save Alex.

It was different, Paul’s death. He may not have been anyone’s favourite person, but he had been family. He had been a father. It had also been a close call. The man had tried to kill a child, an innocent baby; all because of the new world we’d been thrown into. There was a new immediacy in the air, a new threat. Our group was unraveling, and it would continue to do so until my father was stopped, until the government trying to have us killed and tested had been successfully blackmailed to back off.

‘Brian,’ I whispered.

I moved forward, my hand outstretched as I tried to comfort Brian. His head snapped round and his eyes glared with terrifying fury. They were slits, and his face curled into a snarl I’d seen many times on his father.

‘Get out,’ Brian hissed before raising his voice, ‘get out! Go!’

Even I jumped. No one moved though, we wanted to be there for him, but he was having none of it. He grabbed the gun he’d let go of and waved it manically around in the air.

‘Leave! Just go!’ he roared.

We nodded and tried to calm him before we backed out of the room at a slow pace. Once I’d closed the door, I sighed and almost pulled every hair from my head. Things were out of control.

‘You want me to rough the guy up?’ Jessica fumed.

I stared at her in complete surprise. She was serious, deadly serious.

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