Novels by achlysthewriter

Adira couldn’t sleep that night. How was she supposed to? Her mind was racing a million miles per minute and she found herself stressing over people she didn’t even know.If there truly were other experiments going on, other warehouses of torture, as Aspen had told her there were, there was no telling how many people were suffering and in pain. The thought angered her but, more than that, an uncomfortable guilty feeling tied her stomach up in knots. She had gotten out. She left people she knew and cared about behind to suffer in her place, not knowing when she would be able to return for them and now she finds out there are others she didn’t even know existed.Why was she special? Why was she the one who managed to get away when no one else seemed able to? The more she thought about it, the worse she felt, and by the time she slipped out of the room the next morning, she had managed maybe an hour dozing and no fully restful sleep.“You look like crap,” Braxton pointed out bluntly as h

Adira walked into the bedroom where ‘Braxton’ was sitting, staring at him from the doorway for a moment as he failed to notice her. The man was typing something on a laptop but the screen was blacked out so only those directly in front of it could make out what was on it. Part of her was curious, wanting to ask what it was, but she had more pressing issues right now.After a minute or so of his ignorance to her presence, Adira cleared her throat and the man turned to face her, quickly shutting the laptop. Suspicious, she thought, but that was an issue for another time. It felt like she was gathering question after question with no real answers and Adira was starting to become frustrated with the whole situation. She could almost understand not telling her anything while she was in the warehouse where knowledge was dangerous, but she was out of there now and directly involved in whatever this was. She deserved to know.“Brax told me that your name isn’t Braxton.”The man nodded slightl

Night had fully descended by the time Adira returned to the living room but even then she could barely look at her brother. It wasn’t just anger, she was filled with hatred towards him over all he had done and she didn’t want to be a part of that. She couldn’t. Forgiving him felt like she was pardoning him, telling him that everything he did was fine now and it wasn’t. It never would be and, as much as Adira knew she couldn’t hold this against him forever, she certainly wasn’t going to make it easy for him to earn her forgiveness.Brax looked up at her as she walked in, silently assessing the situation so that he could decide how stupid it would be to speak to her again now. Even after so long apart, she was the same girl he had always known. They grew up together, they loved each other and that had to count for something, no matter how much anger and hurt was currently racing through her bloodstream. “Adira,” his tone held his hesitancy and he wasn’t stupid enough to attempt any of

What an idiot.Deep down, Brax had known that it was a stupid idea to meet Adira here. It was even more stupid, he knew, to expect his sister to be happy to see him after everything that had happened both between the two of them but also beyond them. That never stopped him from hoping though, no matter how naive it may be. He watched his sister walk off and picked up the bear from the floor. There was guilt written all over his face, not that Adira spared even a glance back at him to be able to see that, and he wished there was something he could do to show her just how much he meant his apology. The regret of leaving her in the warehouse had been eating at him pretty much since the second he left and it wasn’t like he didn’t deserve it but he still wanted Adira to understand, to know the truth, even if it was ugly.Adira didn’t even know where she was going when she opened one of the bedroom doors and Brax hated himself for being a person who made his sister willing to risk the unkn

Time stood still. Adira swore everything happened in slow motion as she watched her brother stand up and approach her. Her heart raced, pounding against her ribcage as if trying to escape. Numerous thoughts rushed through the woman’s head, each one screaming over the last and making it impossible to tell what any of them actually were.When she finally managed to speak, her voice was shaky and uncertain. Of all of the things she had been half expecting to find here, her missing brother was not one of them. Well, not so missing anymore she supposed. He was here. She knew where she was.“What are you doing here?”Brax glanced over at Braxton, a silent message passing between the two of them before Braxton slipped out into one of the bedrooms, leaving the two siblings alone to talk. The privacy should have made it easier but Adira found herself missing the buffer Braxton had provided for the two of them. Considering how much Adira had missed Brax and how often she had longed to have her

“Tell me again where we’re going?”Braxton chuckled slightly and shook his head, “You worry too much.”“I worry just enough. Braxton, if we get seen-”“We won’t.”“And you’re certain of that?”Braxton nodded, “Listen, this place is exactly what we need right now. We just need to get there.”Adira sighed but nodded slightly. She knew there was no point in arguing with him anymore right now. At the very least, she would wait until they got to the place and she knew what she was arguing about. For now, she just kept walking, head down, trying to trust him.It wasn’t easy, especially considering the way she had been living in the warehouse, but there was only so much she could handle on her own and, whatever his motivations were, Braxton at least seemed to be willing enough to help her and that was the most important thing right now.The sun began to fall as they walked and Adira could feel her nerves heightening. There was so much unknown about today, about this place, about Braxton, and