Inside the Darkness (The Human-Hybrid Project Book 2) by Farley Dunn

Author:Farley Dunn [Dunn, Farley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: THREE SKILLET
Published: 2021-04-08T22:00:00+00:00

― 7 ―

THE NUMBERS glowing beside the elevator door shifted from three to two, and the muted steel box eased to a stop like a well-oiled piston. The door released with a ding and began to slip aside, revealing where they had started.

Where Airman Vang had invaded his life and stomped on his day, Garik thought, as he felt his eyebrows crease into a frown. He watched Jantzen pocket the ever-present passkey and nod to him to exit the elevator.

“Back to my cell?” Garik relaxed the lines in his forehead to hide his irritation. Jantzen Hefferly might be part of his inquisition team, willing to keep the handcuffs on like everyone else, but he hadn’t been mean to him—or barked at him when Garik had expressed his opinion. That was a strong plus in the man’s favor.

“Remember? Rachel checked you out to me, like at a library.” He grinned and chuckled. “I don’t have to check you back in until I’m through with you. Are you ready for me to be through with you?”

“Back into a room with four walls and a fake window?” Garik made a disparaging sound with his lips, very near to spitting, which he might if he wasn’t inside this very fancy moving box of a floor carriage. He lifted a hand to run through his hair, a familiar gesture from before. When his hand met only the remnants of the curls he’d once worn, it reminded him of everything else that had changed about his life. He glanced around the wood-lined metal box, so nicely finished-out and luxurious. Elevator roulette. Which floor next? Pick and choose, B1, B2, B3, or! Drum roll . . . B5! He had no idea what was on B4, except for the hospital, and only because he had CUT OPEN HIS HAND AND LANDED THERE.

Okay, met Marina there, and that had been a surprise. At least now he knew, and when he escaped, he could let Marisa know.

“So, you’re a go for more adventures?” Jantzen stood patiently, backlighted by the overhead fixtures lining the ceiling outside the elevator. The doors, blocked by his arm, moved as if they wanted to close, dinged, then became flush against the sides once more. Jantzen seemed to be genuinely considering what might interest Garik.

“Amy, is she one of your experiments?” She had done the red route, by Devon’s account. The humiliation still stung, and he could feel the final grip he had reached for slipping through his fingers once more, then falling, only to be caught by the safety line.

Amy hadn’t needed her safety line. He wondered what she was like. Perfect, like everyone else in this place.

“Amy is someone you will enjoy. I can check if she’s available. She lives on your floor.” Jantzen nodded his head toward the corridor where a giant B2 testified to the location.

“Okay, if it will keep me out of prison.”

“A pretty nice prison.” Jantzen turned right, and their feet began to eat up the distance. The corridor was especially spacious after coming from Basement Level 3.

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