The Taking 02: Hover by Melissa West

Author:Melissa West [West, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Bravity, Young Adult, teen romance, aliens, The Taking, Melissa West, Romance
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2013-08-12T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

“You have to be the most stubborn person in existence. You realize that, right?” Cybil follows me out of her room so a pair of Logeans can clean up after the mess we made. Thankfully, both guards appear to be in working order now—or at least they will be. Cybil rubs the hand I stabbed, now tightly wrapped in those purification bandages the healers use. “Was it really necessary that you stab me? Couldn’t you have just told me what you were going to do?”

I crack my neck, torn between excitement that I have Cybil here with me and frustration that she’s reprimanding me. “What was I supposed to do? You weren’t caving. Law is acting all weird. Zeus is asking about some entrance. I’m—”

Cybil abruptly grabs my arm, silencing me and I turn to see two guards marching down the hall, Zeus close behind.

“Ah,” Zeus says, clasping his hands in front of him. “So wonderful to see that your health has improved, Cybil. You may join us in our discussion.” He claps twice to call attention to himself. “Attention! Attention!” A few moments pass, and then one by one people step out of their rooms and into the spacious hallway.

They look uneasily at Zeus as though he could cause them to burst to flames just by looking at them. The fear he has evoked in these people is enough to make me wish I could take out Zeus, right here, right now. And then as soon as the thought completes in my mind, Zeus’s head snaps toward me, his lips pinched together tightly. “Now, now,” he says, his voice low but direct. Then he turns back to the crowd, though several of them continue to stare at me with curiosity.

“Today, you will all embark upon a new journey here in Triad. We have nursed you to health. Most are now strong and capable. It is time that you take your rightful posts in our societal system.”

“What are you saying?” a man calls out, and it’s as though his words slapped Zeus in the face.

Zeus lowers his head, his hands connected behind his back. “If there is one thing that I wish could be ingrained in your feeble minds, it is that of manners and respect.” His head jerks and he blurts, “Respect: a feeling of deep admiration for someone or something.” He eyes one of the guards and in a flash, the guard is in front of the man and then the man is limp on the ground.

“Make no mistake,” Zeus says to the man cowering below him. “I will be respected.”

He slowly walks down the center aisle, tsking and mumbling to himself as though he were two people trapped inside the same body.

He moves his hands back and forth, arguing with himself, and I realize that he is so much worse than I ever could have imagined. Strict, I can handle, even mean, I can handle, but outright crazy is another level of evil. Crazy does not

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