Z 2134 by Platt Sean & Wright David W

Author:Platt, Sean & Wright, David W. [Platt, Sean]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2012-10-08T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 14 — Jonah Lovecraft

Jonah opened his eyes just as Father’s needle pinched his flesh of his neck again.

A sudden rush, followed by a swimming mind, led to seconds that fell into minutes while he searched for a focus that didn’t want to be found.

When his vision finally cleared, a man from Jonah’s past was sitting across from him — Charles Egan, who was staring at him with heavy lids over red-tinged eyes. Jonah wasn’t sure if the man’s eyes were red due to rage, tears, alcohol, or all three. Egan was thin, his dark hair thinning, and his face haunted looking. He looked like a shell of the chubby man of a decade ago.

Jonah’s mind flashed back on the last time he’d stared into the man’s eyes, as Watchers were dragging him from the courtroom. Egan had been begging Jonah to just do one thing — tell the truth. The truth that Jonah had sworn to uphold as a Watcher. A truth that Jonah had turned his back on, no different than his corrupt bosses. Egan’s unfortunate end in City 6 ran in miserable parallel to Jonah’s own, honing a blade of guilt so sharp that Egan didn’t even need to wield it for Jonah to feel its edge.

“I’m sorry,” Jonah said, swallowing hard and wishing he could disappear. He was almost willing to die if it meant not having to meet the man’s eyes.

It wasn’t as though Jonah had anything to live for, not with Ana and Adam and the all of his life still stuck behind The Wall of City 6.

Egan said nothing, keeping his gaze fixed on his enemy.

Jonah tried again. “I swear,” he said, shaking his head. “I had no idea. I thought I was doing the right thing.”

Egan ignored him and started in with his line of questioning instead, as Father Truth stood behind him, arms again folded across his chest.

“Who set you up?” Egan asked.

“I don’t know,” Jonah said, telling the truth, knowing that whatever was rushing through his veins would prevent him from lying anyway, even if that was where he most wanted to go. There was no longer any reason to lie. There was no way on Earth that Egan was a City Watch spy.

Egan made Jonah stew in his guilt for another minute before asking his next question. “Why were you set up? Why would they need to silence you?”

Jonah said, “I don’t know,” then whimpered another apology. His earlier euphoria was nowhere to be found, only a thousand pounds of shame and guilt. “I’m so, so sorry,” he continued to cry.

“How does it feel to watch your life torn apart piece by piece?” Egan asked. “Oh wait, I don’t need to ask you, do I? Tell me, Jonah, why did you set me up? How could you lie, knowing your untruths were tearing a family apart?”

“Because I didn’t know,” Jonah insisted. “I thought I was doing the right thing. They told me, Keller told me, that you were part of the Underground.

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