BOOK 4 of the ORPHIC Series
DISENTHRALL
/ˌdisənˈTHrôl/
set free.
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When Lucille 'Lucy' Opal Baker starts adjusting to a world without Captain America and more government therapy sessions...
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"How your heart beats for the hope that one day you would live the life you want."
Delacroix, Louisiana August, 2024
LUCY SIGHED TO HERSELF AS she sat down next to James on the boat. A small part of her was restless for entrusting Sarah with her son, but she trusted Sam, and by extension, Sarah. Besides, who was better to trust than a mother of two children? She picked up one of the bottles of beer from the six pack Sam had placed on a carton.
She dissolved the cap, taking a long sip. She let out a sigh of satisfaction, cooled by the liquid. Sam looked at her, then at James, before crossing his arms over his chest.
"So that kid– he's from Riga, right?" He asked.
James glanced at Lucy, then at Sam. He sighed, his eyes flicking toward the horizon line as he took a long sip of his beer. Sam frowned, because it wasn't that hard of a question, was it? Sam recognized him the moment he saw the kid, so he just assumed–
"Yeah," Lucy nodded her head, "from what we know so far, Angeliko was most-likely conceived from vitro fertilization. He must've been born into HYDRA, because he tends to call Alexander Pierce Uncle Pierce."
With that, she took a longer swig of her beer, finishing it all in one go. She huffed, shattering the glass in her hand before waving the pieces away. She grabbed another bottle, dissolving the cap.
Sam looked at her, watched her with concern, anger and outright sadness. His bottle of beer clinked against the crate he was sitting on, his lips pursed downward into a deep frown.
"So. . .he's– there was a surrogate HYDRA agent who gave birth to your biological kid, then decided to just experiment on a literal baby, only to lose the kid and now you guys have him?" Sam asked.
"Yup." James nodded his head. "That basically sums it up. Apart from the fact that a very shady couple tried to adopt him from the shelter. I'm almost ninety-nine percent sure they were HYDRA."
Sam blinked, narrowed his eyes, then frowned even deeper.
"Please don't tell me you guys just kidnapped him." He said with a groan, running a hand over his head.
Lucy looked away from him just as James did.
Look, it wasn't like they were taking Angeliko for nefarious reasons. Hell, if James had let the shady couple take Angeliko, she was very sure Angeliko would be struggling to survive. No, they would hurt him so much. They would make him pay for running away when he wasn't allowed to.
