Open Minds (Book One of the Mindjack Trilogy) by Quinn Susan Kaye

Author:Quinn, Susan Kaye [Quinn, Susan Kaye]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction, Paranormal, Young Adult, Futuristic, teen, series, mind-reading, mindjacker, mind control, open minds, mind-reader, telepathic
Published: 2011-10-23T05:00:00+00:00

Laney fell asleep on my shoulder.

I wriggled out of our cocoon and eased her down to the thin cot, smoothing the stray hairs back from her face so they wouldn’t tickle and wake her. The peace of sleep made her seem even younger.

That Kestrel would send someone so young to this lawless camp in the desert made me clench my teeth. Not that I belonged here either. I was trying to figure out our options when Simon burst into the barrack. He gulped in ragged breaths and darted looks all around the room, as though he expected an ambush. If he’d brought back an angry mob with him, the flimsy door he was leaning against wouldn’t hold them off.

I put a finger to my lips and slid off the cot, careful not to disturb Laney. If he wouldn’t let me link into his head to mindtalk, at least we could discuss things quietly and not wake her up.

And we definitely needed to talk.

He looked considerably worse than when he left, with dirt ground into his face and a dull smear of blood at the corner of his mouth. I reached up to touch his face.

He smacked my hand away.

I pulled back my stinging hand. “Are you hurt?”

He narrowed his eyes. “I’m fine.” A purplish bruise was blooming on the side of his face. He must have gone back to the entrance and joined the melee.

I swallowed, my throat still raw from thirst. “What was the fight about?”

“The fight’s over. Clan Molloy is now in control of Block C, which means Molloy and the rest of the Clan will be here soon.” He hesitated. “I might be able to hide you, Kira, because they can’t jack into your head. They won’t sense you from the other barracks. But her,” he said and flicked a glance to Laney, “they’ll notice right away. She’s still a changeling.”

“Well you can’t just turn her over to Molloy!”

Simon grimaced. “She’s safer with Molloy than she is with you,” he said. “And Molloy will be a much better Block chief than that monster Lenny.” I guessed Lenny was on the losing end of the fight, but that didn’t make Molloy worth trusting.

Reading my skeptical look, Simon sighed. “Molloy’s not the bad guy here, Kira. There are a lot worse people out there, and some of them are living in the next Block over.” He gestured to the prefab buildings beyond the walls. “You could have been part of the Clan, you know. Everything would have worked out fine if you hadn’t lost it at the warehouse.”

I gaped. “You were going to kill Raf!”

Anger burst to life on his face. “He was spying on us! I didn’t have any choice! Molloy would have done it, if I hadn’t.”

“What was I supposed to do?” My voice had risen. “Just let you kill him?”

We glared at each other, faces drawn tight and close. A bright red bead of blood formed at the corner of his mouth and trickled down. He wiped it with the back of his hand and turned away, shoulders slumped.

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