Hope (Book 2, Harvester of Light Trilogy; Young Adult Science Fiction) by West S.J

Author:West, S.J. [West, S.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Watchers Publishing
Published: 2012-10-31T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

The men decided it would be in everyone’s best interest to lock me up in a specially designed prison cell while they went off to play hero. They didn’t talk about the details of the mission to rescue Ash and Zoe in front of me but I didn’t care. Whether they found them or not wasn’t my concern. All I wanted to do was find my way back to the Queen and take my rightful place by her side.

The prison was housed in the basement of a building adjacent to Wilford’s lab. It was the proverbial dark and dank dungeon with four prison cells, no windows and a singular thick metal door being the only way in or out of the room.

“The bars and door are made of titanium,” Michael told me as he opened my cell. “So don’t waste your time in trying to escape.”

I looked around the room and then at Jace. “Are you really going to let them cage me like an animal?”

“It’s for your own safety,” he replied, though I could read the guilt on his face like the lines of a book. “Wilford will watch over you while we’re away.”

“And you trust that quack to protect me?”

“Unlike most of the other men on this compound,” Michael said, “Wilford is immune to your charms, such as they are.”

Before I could protest further, Michael grabbed my arm and threw me into the cell, shutting the door before I had time to react.

“You’ll regret doing this to me,” I warned them.

“And you’ll regret it if we don’t,” Ian said. “Just chill your heels in there until we get back. Maybe seeing Zoe and Ash again will help you.”

“I don’t need any help! Why can’t you people get that through your thick human skulls! I want to be sent back to my Queen! I want you people to leave me the hell alone!”

“I love you.”

Jace’s simple declaration brought me up short, unexpectedly diffusing my wrath. I closed my eyes and turned my back to him. I couldn’t look at his face, filled with so much love for a person who didn’t exist anymore.

“Skye, I love you.”

“Shut up,” I said through clenched teeth. “You’re wasting your breath and your time. I don’t want your love.”

“You need it now more than ever,” he insisted. “And I know deep down you still love me. That’s why you can’t look at me right now.”

I forced myself to turn around and face him to prove his theory wrong. His eyes were filled with so much hope it made me want to rip his face off.

“I never really loved you,” I said with false conviction, knowing the old me had loved him very much. “I just let you believe I did because I felt sorry for you. I always loved Ash, not you.”

The muscles of Jace’s jaw clenched.

I smiled.

“Don’t listen to her. She’s lying her ass off,” Ian said to Jace before looking at me. “Or don’t you remember crying like a little baby over Jace in the orchard the other day?”

I felt the muscles of my jaw tighten.

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