The Mirror Cracks (The Human-Hybrid Project Book 3) by Farley Dunn

Author:Farley Dunn [Dunn, Farley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: THREE SKILLET
Published: 2021-07-07T22:00:00+00:00

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GARIK SMASHED the Level 5 on the elevator’s control panel and watched the doors close him in.

What was he doing? He closed his eyes, leaned his head back against the wall, and let his thoughts fall into themselves, pulling him into a black hole of memories.

Marisa. Halo Sunchaser’s passkey in her hand. She couldn’t have known what would happen. He couldn’t either. Would he have run to join her if he had?

Yes. Friends don’t let friends go into danger, even of their own making, without standing by their side.

The doors opened, and the clean, bright light of the bottom level of the Tower’s basements washed into the tight, steel box. The memory of standing in this spot with Marisa and wondering if Gunther Diehl would walk up, tell them they were in the wrong location, and politely escort them to a suitable exit wiped away the months he had been trapped in the maw of the Corona Tower.

A rising surge of longing washed over him for Marisa’s face, for sitting with her on the roof of their apartment building, visiting her at the flower shop, her laughter when his thoughts carried him away, and her reminding him that she was talking to him.

The sounds of the creatures in the cages on Level 5 filtered into the elevator. The door dinged as if to say, “Going up! I’m headed up!” and he moved forward, stepping in its way. He tried not to look into the cages, rather checking right and left while deciding where to go. He gripped his passkey. It now took him anywhere but to the food court, except during events. It was his lifeline back upstairs. He didn’t want to be trapped here.

A worker in a white smock appeared from the end of a bank of cages pushing a cart. Garik froze, hearing those words from so many weeks ago. “Hey, you!” He expected to hear, “What are you doing here?”

Instead, the man raised a hand, called out, “Hello. We’re expecting you,” and began to walk his direction.

“I’m Garik.” Fear gripped him, despite the man’s greeting. The BolaWrap hitting his legs, the feeling of falling, his head smashing into the floor. “Jantzen said—”

“We know. This way.” He reached out a hand. He was already moving, Garik’s guide through the basement. “Avery Isken. Normally I’m in the labs up on Two, but we all rotate to Five to help with the animals at least twice a month. I didn’t make it to the event last night. I was down here covering for Nataly Jago. Have you met her?”

Garik shook his head.

“No reason why you should. I hear something happened during the event—that’s why Justin’s here. It’s a shame, but he would have made it down here sooner or later. It happens with his kind.”

His kind? Garik didn’t know how to respond.

“Hey, you’ve arrived at feeding time. I’ve got the rest of that cart and one more to go. If you’re still around, there’ll be dinner tonight. You can stay and watch if you want.

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