{"id":537,"date":"2026-01-03T20:45:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T20:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/the-darkest-powers-02-awakening-armstrong-kelley\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T20:45:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T20:45:23","slug":"the-darkest-powers-02-awakening-armstrong-kelley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/the-darkest-powers-02-awakening-armstrong-kelley\/","title":{"rendered":"The Darkest Powers 02 -Awakening – Armstrong, Kelley"},"content":{"rendered":"
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W<\/strong>HEN THE DOOR TO my cell clicked open, the first thought that flitted through my doped-up brain was that Liz had changed her mind and come back. But ghosts don\u2019t open doors. They will, on occasion, ask me to open one, so I can raise and interrogate the zombies of supernaturals killed by a mad scientist, but they never need one opened for themselves.<\/p>\n

I sat up in bed and rubbed my bleary eyes, blinking away the lingering fog of the sedative. For a moment, the door stayed open only a crack. I slid from the bed, tiptoeing across the thick carpet of my fake hotel room, praying the person on the other side had been called away and I could escape before these people started whatever experiments they\u2019d brought me here to\u2014<\/p>\n

\u201cHello, Chloe.\u201d Dr. Davidoff beamed his best kindly-old-man smile as he pushed the door wide. He wasn\u2019t that old\u2014maybe fifty\u2014but in a movie, I\u2019d cast him as the doddering absentminded scientist. It was an act I\u2019m sure he\u2019d worked on until he got it just right.<\/p>\n

The woman behind him had chic blond hair and a New York suit. I\u2019d cast her as the mother of the nastiest girl in class. Which was cheating, because that\u2019s exactly who she was. Mother of Victoria\u2014Tori\u2014Enright, the one housemate we\u2019d left out of our plans when we\u2019d escaped from Lyle House, and for good cause, considering she was one of the reasons I\u2019d needed to escape.<\/p>\n

Tori\u2019s mom carried a Macy\u2019s bag, like she\u2019d just been out shopping and popped in to conduct a few horrific experiments before heading to lunch.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know you have a lot of questions, Chloe,\u201d Dr. Davidoff said as I sat on the edge of the bed. \u201cWe\u2019re here to answer them for you. We just need a little help from you first.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSimon and Derek,\u201d Mrs. Enright said. \u201cWhere are they?\u201d<\/p>\n

I looked from her to Dr. Davidoff, who smiled and nodded encouragingly, like he fully expected me to turn in my friends.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d never been an angry kid. I\u2019d never run away from home. Never stamped my feet and screamed that life was unfair and I wished I\u2019d never been born. Whenever my dad told me we were moving again and I needed to transfer schools, I\u2019d swallowed a whiny \u201cbut I just made new friends,\u201d nod, and tell him I understood.<\/p>\n

Accept your lot. Count your blessings. Be a big girl.<\/p>\n

Now, looking back at a life of doing what I was told, I realized I\u2019d bought into the game. When adults patted me on the head and told me I was so grown-up, what they really meant was that they were glad I wasn\u2019t grown-up enough yet to question, to fight back.<\/p>\n

Looking at Dr. Davidoff and Mrs. Enright, I thought of what they\u2019d done to me\u2014lying to me, locking me up\u2014and I wanted<\/em> to stamp my feet. Wanted to scream. But I wasn\u2019t going to give them that satisfaction.<\/p>\n

I widened my eyes as I met Mrs. Enright\u2019s gaze. \u201cYou mean you haven\u2019t found them yet?\u201d<\/p>\n

I think she would have slapped me if Dr. Davidoff hadn\u2019t lifted his hand.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, Chloe, we haven\u2019t found the boys,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re very concerned for Simon\u2019s safety.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause you think Derek might hurt him?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNot intentionally, of course. I know Derek\u2019s fond of Simon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fond?<\/em> What a strange word to use. Derek and Simon were foster brothers, tighter than any blood brothers I knew. Sure, Derek was a werewolf, but that wolf part of him was what would stop<\/em> him from ever hurting Simon. He\u2019d protect him at all costs\u2014I\u2019d already seen that.<\/p>\n

My skepticism must have shown on my face, because Dr. Davidoff shook his head, as if disappointed in me. \u201cAll right, Chloe. If you can\u2019t spare any concern for Simon\u2019s safety, maybe you can for his health.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cW-what ab-bou\u2014\u201d My stutter cropped up most when I was nervous, and I couldn\u2019t let them know they\u2019d struck a nerve. So I tried again, slower now. \u201cWhat about his health?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHis condition.\u201d<\/p>\n

Apparently I wasn\u2019t the only one who watched too many movies. Now they would tell me that Simon had some rare medical condition and if he didn\u2019t get his medicine within twelve hours, he\u2019d spontaneously combust.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat condition?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has diabetes,\u201d Dr. Davidoff said. \u201cHis blood sugar levels need to be monitored and regulated.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWith one of those blood testing things?\u201d I said slowly, thinking back. Simon had always disappeared into the bathroom before meals. I\u2019d thought he just liked to wash up. I\u2019d bumped into him once coming out as he\u2019d been shoving a small black case into his pocket.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s right,\u201d Dr. Davidoff said. \u201cWith proper care, diabetes is easily managed. You weren\u2019t aware of it because you didn\u2019t need to be. Simon leads a normal life.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cExcept for one thing,\u201d Tori\u2019s mom said.<\/p>\n

She reached into the Macy\u2019s bag and took out a backpack. It looked like Simon\u2019s, but I wasn\u2019t falling for that\u2014they\u2019d probably bought a matching one. Sure, she pulled out a hoodie I recognized as Simon\u2019s, but he\u2019d left behind a whole closet of clothing at Lyle House. Easy enough to grab stuff from there.<\/p>\n

Next came a pad of paper and pouch of colored pencils. Simon\u2019s room was filled with his comic book sketches. Again, easy enough to\u2014<\/p>\n

Mrs. Enright flipped through the sketch pad, holding up pages. Simon\u2019s work in progress. He\u2019d never have left that behind.<\/p>\n

Finally, she laid a flashlight on the table. The flashlight from Lyle House\u2014the one I\u2019d watched him put into his bag.<\/p>\n

\u201cSimon slipped going over the fence,\u201d she said. \u201cHe had his backpack over one shoulder. It fell. Our people were right behind him so he had to leave it. There\u2019s something in here that Simon needs much more than clothing and art supplies.\u201d<\/p>\n

She opened a navy nylon pouch. Inside were two pen-like vials, one filled with cloudy liquid, the other clear. \u201cThe insulin to replace what Simon\u2019s body can\u2019t produce. He injects himself with these three times a day.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat happens if he doesn\u2019t?\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Davidoff took over. \u201cWe aren\u2019t going to scare you and say that if Simon skips a single shot, he\u2019ll die. He\u2019s already missed his morning one, and I\u2019m sure he only feels a bit out of sorts. But by tomorrow, he\u2019ll be vomiting. In about three days, he\u2019ll lapse into a diabetic coma.\u201d He took the pouch from Tori\u2019s mom and set it in front of me. \u201cWe need to get this to Simon. To do that, you need to tell us where he is.\u201d<\/p>\n

I agreed to try.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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