Alpha Nox
The woman across from us shook like a leaf as she spoke, her startlingly blue eyes unnaturally wide on her face.
“Fif—Fifteen years? How did you survive?”
Norah addressed us all when she said, “Don’t be afraid to ask questions, or answer them if you want to.”
“In some ways I consider myself lucky, in others not so much.” Mom clasped her hands together to hide the tremor she now had. “He wanted me for my magic, but not to use it for himself. He wanted to create soldiers with the same ability, only stronger. I think—I think he might’ve succeeded.”