The Mind Games
“Didn’t bother to look at Deborah, who watched me from her cot. Nor Lewis, who stood near his bars, as if he hadn’t moved an inch since I’d left.
I didn’t bother because I was embarrassed and angry. Angry that Jake had gotten through my mental wall; embarrassed that I’d folded so easily. And that damn blood trailing from my nose said to all who saw me that I’d failed. I lifted my arms and swiped my nose with the back of my hand, a smear of blood across the pale skin. What was the point of being ...the Source if everyone and their mother could beat you at these ridiculous games?
The female guard shoved me forward, sending me stumbling back into my cell. “Hands.”
I managed to catch myself. The door clanged shut with a force that vibrated the walls around me.
“Hands,” she snapped again.
“Three against one? Someone’s scared,” Lewis said in an even tone.
The two male guards threw him a glare, but Miss High and Mighty didn’t even look as if she cared. I slid my arms through the bars and they unhooked me.MoreLess
I didn’t bother because I was embarrassed and angry. Angry that Jake had gotten through my mental wall; embarrassed that I’d folded so easily. And that damn blood trailing from my nose said to all who saw me that I’d failed. I lifted my arms and swiped my nose with the back of my hand, a smear of blood across the pale skin. What was the point of being ...the Source if everyone and their mother could beat you at these ridiculous games?
The female guard shoved me forward, sending me stumbling back into my cell. “Hands.”
I managed to catch myself. The door clanged shut with a force that vibrated the walls around me.
“Hands,” she snapped again.
“Three against one? Someone’s scared,” Lewis said in an even tone.
The two male guards threw him a glare, but Miss High and Mighty didn’t even look as if she cared. I slid my arms through the bars and they unhooked me.MoreLess
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