The Gateway Trilogy: Complete Series: (Books 1-3) by Christina Garner

Author:Christina Garner [Garner, Christina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-08-31T23:00:00+00:00

17

Resigned that I wouldn’t be escaping via the window, I began frantically searching the room. Unsure what I was even looking for, I opened doors (one a bathroom, one a closet), looked under the bed, and behind pictures. If there was anything suspicious about the room or its fixtures, I was unable to find it.

I collapsed into the chaise lounge at the foot of the four-poster bed that dominated the room. If I couldn’t escape, I had to think. By the light in the sky, I could tell dawn wasn’t all that far off. I’d be seen in the morning, the she-Red had said. That didn’t leave me much time to come up with a plan.

The Root that was pulling the strings might be stronger than the one I’d defeated in Los Angeles, but I wasn’t dealing with the Root. Not yet. It was still locked up in the demon dimension, only able to hurt me if I allowed it in, which so far, I’d been mostly successful at avoiding.

So for now, I thought, I just have to defeat some Reds. Yes, they’re physically stronger, but I’ve defeated something much stronger than all of them combined.

As if in response to my thoughts, my brain buzzed.

I don’t have to be your puppet, I thought, firming my resolve and the barrier around my mind. Not this time.

I closed my eyes and fought off exhaustion as I reached for the light between my brows. I spent what remained of the evening drifting in the void, trying over and over again to levitate the smallest of objects in the room. And failing.

By the time I heard the locks on the door spin, I wasn’t sure which was greater: my exhaustion, my frustration, or my disappointment in myself. It was the raven-haired Red who entered, thankfully sparing me the sight of her eyes by wearing sunglasses.

“Put this on,” she said, tossing a dress in my direction. “And clean yourself up. Alexander will see you in thirty minutes.”

With that she left, leaving me to wonder who Alexander was. A Red, of course, but one powerful enough to command other Reds. I’d never heard of them having a hierarchy.

I held up the dress I’d been brought and immediately dismissed it. I preferred my own sweat-stained clothing to that gauzy thing. I might be more comfortable wearing dresses as of late, but certainly not here, where I’d prefer to be wearing body armor, and certainly not at the request of my captor.

I stood and entered the bathroom. Not in order to clean up—screw that—but to inspect the bruise on my face. It stared back at me, reddish purple and still puffy. Even gentle probing caused me to wince, but not badly enough that I suspected a fracture.

My stomach rumbled loudly and I cupped my hands under the faucet to take a long drink. I needed to fill up as best I could on water; I’d be a fool to eat anything I was offered. I had little fear

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