Manipulating Mikey (First Wave Book 8) Read Online Free PDF

between him and the door. Although everyone had treated
him a lot better than they had before, he knew they were still going to kill
him. He’d heard Lt. Colonel Ballard talking about it to one of the men with the
clipboards who’d quizzed him earlier.
    His sharp gaze looked up at a
movement near the door, and he relaxed when he saw a male nurse walk by. Mikey
had been inspecting the room for any possible way out, but he’d found nothing.
There were three walls made of stainless steel; the other was a thick, clear
plastic that enabled him to look out into the hallway and see the nurse’s
station right outside his room.
    Mikey had timed the guard patrols,
the doctor, and the nurse’s schedules. He knew that he would be left alone for
several hours before one of the nurses would come in and check him. He knew
that the nurse would bring in one armed guard that would stand in the open
doorway while they drew his blood and checked his vitals.
    I just have to be fast enough to
get past the nurse and get to the guard before he can alert anyone , he
thought with a shake of his head. He knew it was impossible, but he had no
choice but to try if he wanted to get out of here alive.
    “If you bond with me, we will have
the strength and speed to accomplish that,” the voice in Mikey’s head
said.
    Mikey shook his head to try and
erase the voice. It was tempting. Too tempting to even consider. For Mikey it
wasn’t a fear of the strange voice but a fear of what he’d become if he
listened to it. If whatever had infected him was so dangerous that the
government would go to these extreme measures, then he wouldn’t trust it any
more than he trusted his government.
    Mikey clenched his fists while he
continued to pace the small area.
    I’m already faster and stronger , he
thought. I can probably do this without listening to the voice.
    Mikey heard the laugh in his mind
before the voice spoke.
    “No, you can’t. The other guards
would overtake you.”
    He saw one of the guards that
patrolled this area pop into view and nod at the guard sitting with the male
nurse outside of his door. He knew the voice was right but refused to give up
hope that he would find a way out of there.
    *****
    Grai allowed the man’s body to
slide to the floor, and he nodded at David who motioned for him to grab his
belt. Grai did and felt a cool wave of energy flow through him as David used
his prime abilities to camouflage them the way he had at Fiorn’s Folly.
    Grai stood to the side of David,
his hand had to remain connected to the ex-SEAL in order for the camouflage to
work. Neither man spoke as the elevator took them to the lowest level. They hit
bottom, and the door swished open, each man holding their breath until they
knew what they were facing.
    With a quick nod to Grai, David
moved out of the elevator and led them along the right side of the wall and
down a hallway. They both knew from the stolen information they’d received that
they had another two hallways to navigate before they’d see any personnel.
    Staying alert, the two men made
their way to the area where they assumed that Koda would be kept. It was known
as the Hallway to Hell. Students from the training center above were allowed to
go down and practice their torture techniques on whatever poor souls were
available.
    David and Grai looked at one
another curiously when they saw that all of the rooms were empty. David
motioned forward and Grai nodded, each man looking around them warily as they
searched for Koda. They both stopped when they heard laughing coming from a
hallway up ahead.  
    “The kid’s too stupid to realize
that it doesn’t matter how much he cooperates, they’re gonna kill him anyway.
If I was the idiot, I’d keep my mouth shut,” a guard said.
    Grai narrowed his eyes. His brother
would die before he talked, so he knew they weren’t speaking of Koda. Before he
could think on it further, David waved his hand in front of his face to get