Winters Family Psi Chronicles 2: Project Onyx Read Online Free PDF

even though the woman’s telepathic shield muffled his ability.
    “Calm down, Russell,” the woman said. “You and Brian will only be here for a short while. Your participation in this project is a great service to your country.”
    “I don’t care! Let me go!” Russell said.
    The woman pinned him with a cold, hard look. “You will calm down or I will knock you out again. Your cooperation is mandatory. Do you understand?”
    “Yes.” His expression turned sullen.
    “I will only require your participation for a maximum of seven days. After that time, we will know for sure whether or not your psychic abilities were successfully enhanced by the procedure. You have been unconscious for several days while your genes were enhanced by a specially designed retrovirus. If all goes well, you will both become multipaths,” the woman said.
    “Retrovirus?” Russell echoed. “What if we don’t become multipaths?”
    “Once I’ve determined if you’ve become multipaths or your abilities remain the same, I will release you. You will need to keep everything you see here a secret or you will be charged with treason and terminated,” she said.
    Even though she kept a powerful psionic block up and operated in Quiet, Brian could sense the lie tingeing her words. She had absolutely no intention of allowing either of them to live.
    “What’s your name?” Brian asked.
    “You can call me Samantha,” she said.
    Her emotional energy indicated she spoke the truth about her first name.
    “I’m going to release you both. Don’t make any trouble or your will be severely punished. There are guards monitoring you at all times. In the next room is a testing area and living quarters combination. There is a bathroom with clean clothes. You will find lunch and water in the living area. I will give you both a couple of hours to eat and get refreshed before we begin testing your abilities,” she said.
    Samantha released Brian first then Russell. She led them both to the next room which was the size of a large living room. It had stark, white concrete walls, beige carpeting, and a brown couch shoved up against the back wall. A large mirror hung at the front of the room with a door beside it. The bathroom door was situated on the far side of the room. A small card table rested beside the couch with a plate containing sliced sandwiches, a couple of drinking glasses, and a pitcher of water. A trio of cheap, plastic chairs were grouped in one corner of the room with a small, circular wood table in between them. Samantha left the room via the door beside the mirror. Brian detected her and one other individual behind the mirror watching him and Russell. Russell stared at the food and a mixture of trepidation, hunger, and anger swirled chaotically from him.
    “I’m going to take a shower,” Brian said and swiftly left the room before he could protest.
    He stood under a stream of hot water and tested the shield that encased his mind. A wave of helplessness and terror tore through him and he squeezed his eyes shut as he struggled to calm himself. The only way he’d live through this was by finding a way to escape. Samantha planned on killing them once she’d determined the results of her experiment. He leaned back against the shower wall and forced himself to calm down as the hot water streamed over him. He felt marginally better after he’d finished up and dressed in fresh clothing comprising of jeans and an oversized blue tee shirt. When he returned to the testing area, Russell had consumed half the pitcher of water and half the sandwiches. As Brian poured himself a drink, Russell made a beeline for the bathroom.
    Brian couldn’t stop drinking until he’d finished all of the water. He was so thirsty. He wished there was more. He grabbed a sandwich and took a bite. His stomach lurched when he swallowed it. He decided not to risk another bite and sank onto the couch. Brian tried to read the emotional energy of Samantha and her companion