resilient,
just like her mother.”
Jace tightened his
hold on my hand and looked down at me. “Everything will be all right,” his
words said even if his eyes said the complete opposite.
I nodded hoping he
still had the power to see into my future because I needed to believe in
something good at that moment.
Lucena led us down
a corridor to a set of steps which led to another level below the basement.
“We built this
laboratory when Jace was a toddler,” she explained to me. “He was always
finding a way out of the other lab.”
“I’m sorry I was
such a rebellious child, my Queen,” Jace said, sounding truly humble and
apologetic.
I looked at him
silently asking him what he was doing. Why did he sound like an obedient
harvester?
He looked at me
with a warning in his eyes and an almost imperceptible shake of his head before
returning his attention back to Lucena.
“It’s all right,
Jace. You came around in the end thanks to my daughter.”
“What’s that
supposed to mean?” I blurted out.
Lucena stopped and
turned around to face me. “His love for you has made him quite the loyal
soldier for me. He wants to keep you safe and he knows I’m the best person to
make sure you are.”
“But that’s a
lie,” I said, placing a hand on my abdomen. “You took away my chance of ever
having children. How can you say you’ve kept me safe?”
“She did what ?”
Jace asked.
“Oh please,”
Lucena said, rolling her eyes at Jace. “You knew I planned to make Skye a
harvester when I brought her here. I took her eggs to protect them. If it
wasn’t for me, the two of you might not ever have children.”
Jace’s whole body
became rigid like he might explode with anger.
“How can I have a
child?” I asked, hoping to give Jace enough time to calm down. We needed to
stay calm in order to find a way out of Lucena’s house of horrors. “You took
that choice away from me.”
“We’ll find you a
suitable surrogate,” Lucena said off handedly like it was the most obvious
solution in the world. “A human can carry ever how many babies you want. Did
you honestly think I would deprive my own daughter from the joy of having
children of her own?”
I stared at Lucena
trying to make sense of the woman in front of me. In her own twisted way she
seemed to think everything she had done was completely logical when it was
completely insane.
“But I thought the
children were going to be used for their organs?”
Lucena let out a
harsh laugh. “Not the ones you want to have with Jace! I’m not that barbaric,
Skye. The ones we use solely for their organs will be put into a vegetative
state as soon as they’re born and grown inside a growth tube like the one your
mother is in.”
Lucena shook her
head like she couldn’t believe I thought so little of her. “Come along. We
can discuss the details after your conversion. Everyone comes out of it…
differently. You might not even want children afterwards.”
I looked up at
Jace and saw the murderous look on his face. I tightened my hold on his hand
forcing him to look down at me. I saw the deadly promise in his eyes and
slowly shook my head.
“Someday,” I whispered.
“Yes, yes, someday
the two of you can have all the babies your little hearts desire,” Lucena said,
continuing to walk down the corridor without turning around. “It’s really not
that big of a deal.”
I was thankful for
Lucena’s narcissism. She would never think to believe Jace wanted to kill her
for what she had done to me. In her mind, she had bestowed me with a great gift.
The hatred on
Jace’s face didn’t ebb away. I wasn’t sure I could hold him back from trying
to kill Lucena, and I wasn’t completely convinced I wanted to stop him. But, I
didn’t know what the consequences of her death would be. If I knew Lucena at
all, her death would cause unknown repercussions. There had to be a reason she
was still
just like her mother.”
Jace tightened his
hold on my hand and looked down at me. “Everything will be all right,” his
words said even if his eyes said the complete opposite.
I nodded hoping he
still had the power to see into my future because I needed to believe in
something good at that moment.
Lucena led us down
a corridor to a set of steps which led to another level below the basement.
“We built this
laboratory when Jace was a toddler,” she explained to me. “He was always
finding a way out of the other lab.”
“I’m sorry I was
such a rebellious child, my Queen,” Jace said, sounding truly humble and
apologetic.
I looked at him
silently asking him what he was doing. Why did he sound like an obedient
harvester?
He looked at me
with a warning in his eyes and an almost imperceptible shake of his head before
returning his attention back to Lucena.
“It’s all right,
Jace. You came around in the end thanks to my daughter.”
“What’s that
supposed to mean?” I blurted out.
Lucena stopped and
turned around to face me. “His love for you has made him quite the loyal
soldier for me. He wants to keep you safe and he knows I’m the best person to
make sure you are.”
“But that’s a
lie,” I said, placing a hand on my abdomen. “You took away my chance of ever
having children. How can you say you’ve kept me safe?”
“She did what ?”
Jace asked.
“Oh please,”
Lucena said, rolling her eyes at Jace. “You knew I planned to make Skye a
harvester when I brought her here. I took her eggs to protect them. If it
wasn’t for me, the two of you might not ever have children.”
Jace’s whole body
became rigid like he might explode with anger.
“How can I have a
child?” I asked, hoping to give Jace enough time to calm down. We needed to
stay calm in order to find a way out of Lucena’s house of horrors. “You took
that choice away from me.”
“We’ll find you a
suitable surrogate,” Lucena said off handedly like it was the most obvious
solution in the world. “A human can carry ever how many babies you want. Did
you honestly think I would deprive my own daughter from the joy of having
children of her own?”
I stared at Lucena
trying to make sense of the woman in front of me. In her own twisted way she
seemed to think everything she had done was completely logical when it was
completely insane.
“But I thought the
children were going to be used for their organs?”
Lucena let out a
harsh laugh. “Not the ones you want to have with Jace! I’m not that barbaric,
Skye. The ones we use solely for their organs will be put into a vegetative
state as soon as they’re born and grown inside a growth tube like the one your
mother is in.”
Lucena shook her
head like she couldn’t believe I thought so little of her. “Come along. We
can discuss the details after your conversion. Everyone comes out of it…
differently. You might not even want children afterwards.”
I looked up at
Jace and saw the murderous look on his face. I tightened my hold on his hand
forcing him to look down at me. I saw the deadly promise in his eyes and
slowly shook my head.
“Someday,” I whispered.
“Yes, yes, someday
the two of you can have all the babies your little hearts desire,” Lucena said,
continuing to walk down the corridor without turning around. “It’s really not
that big of a deal.”
I was thankful for
Lucena’s narcissism. She would never think to believe Jace wanted to kill her
for what she had done to me. In her mind, she had bestowed me with a great gift.
The hatred on
Jace’s face didn’t ebb away. I wasn’t sure I could hold him back from trying
to kill Lucena, and I wasn’t completely convinced I wanted to stop him. But, I
didn’t know what the consequences of her death would be. If I knew Lucena at
all, her death would cause unknown repercussions. There had to be a reason she
was still
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