Tonight I lie awake in my cell, watching the steady stream of State propaganda, as it moves across the monitor. I haven’t been able to sleep, a single minute since Peter...visited me earlier today. I’ve tried not to think about what happened, but the fact that my throat still aches from where his hand gripped my throat hasn’t helped.
After a while I get up and pace, stretching my arms, freed by a soldier sometime after Peter left, behind my back, and try to force myself to think of anything else. Without meaning to my mind, drifts to the last conversation I had with Alec. How I told about my parents deaths, the destruction of my town, and how Adam was the one who shot his brother on the cargo ship. For a moment I’m stunned by how much, about …show more content…
Part of me wonders, what Alec thinks about all of this. Does he believe they got what they deserved? I remember, seeing him standing beside the Commander who ordered Adam’s death, before the camera returned to the crowd. His face had looked expressionless, as he stared at the crowd.
The door slides open, and Alec stands in the middle of the doorway, his posture so stiff it looks like someone strapped a metal beam to his spine.
For an instant Alec’s lips tighten, as his eyes fix on the dark bruises around my neck, but then his expression goes blank.
“Cut the feed to the security cameras.” Alec says, to a soldier standing behind him. “I want to have a private word with prisoner.”
The soldier frowns, but gives a quick salute. “Yes, sir.” The soldier taps his finger, against the screen of his tablet, and the red light on the security camera cuts off. I watch Alec remove the stun stick from his belt and walk towards me. I tighten my hands into fists, as a shudder goes through, I guess he’s decided to join in the fun.
The moment the door slides shut, Alec takes slow deliberate steps towards me, the stun stick still in his
After a while I get up and pace, stretching my arms, freed by a soldier sometime after Peter left, behind my back, and try to force myself to think of anything else. Without meaning to my mind, drifts to the last conversation I had with Alec. How I told about my parents deaths, the destruction of my town, and how Adam was the one who shot his brother on the cargo ship. For a moment I’m stunned by how much, about …show more content…
Part of me wonders, what Alec thinks about all of this. Does he believe they got what they deserved? I remember, seeing him standing beside the Commander who ordered Adam’s death, before the camera returned to the crowd. His face had looked expressionless, as he stared at the crowd.
The door slides open, and Alec stands in the middle of the doorway, his posture so stiff it looks like someone strapped a metal beam to his spine.
For an instant Alec’s lips tighten, as his eyes fix on the dark bruises around my neck, but then his expression goes blank.
“Cut the feed to the security cameras.” Alec says, to a soldier standing behind him. “I want to have a private word with prisoner.”
The soldier frowns, but gives a quick salute. “Yes, sir.” The soldier taps his finger, against the screen of his tablet, and the red light on the security camera cuts off. I watch Alec remove the stun stick from his belt and walk towards me. I tighten my hands into fists, as a shudder goes through, I guess he’s decided to join in the fun.
The moment the door slides shut, Alec takes slow deliberate steps towards me, the stun stick still in his