The Restart: Back Again {Book 3}

Trapped

"Not gonna lie wearing dead peoples skins is pretty messed up." Said Henry.

"Thinking this place isn't goon  to fall like any other place, that's messed up." I spoke in the corner of my cell.

"Agree to disagree."

He's grown.

"Why was that guy so mad. All you did was sneak out."  

"Daryl's not my dad. He doesn't even want to be here. He's only doing it as a favor for my mom."

"I thought your mom was dead?"

"My second mom, I mean. She's tough. Not somebody you want to mess with. What happened to your dad?"

"My dad was... a stupid man."
I went outside and it was my dad hanging from a rope.
"But my mom and people kept me safe. She's a lot like your mom."

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"You want my other egg?" He asked

"You don't have to take care of me. Keep it. Why are you being so nice?"

"When me and my brother and my dad were found out there, we were pretty messed up, too. Took a lot of someone being nice to us to make thing okay again."

"You think I'm messed up?" He didn't say anything, "I am. I wasn't always like this. I was once separated from my family. And other people helped me... I wish I could Bring him back." I started silently crying to myself. He didn't way anything again not knowing I was crying. "It'll never be okay again."

"Says who?" He speaks.

"Me."

"Is your second mom the person who found you?" I asked just wanting to talk more.

"No it was my dad Ezekiel. Second dad."

"Why isn't he here with your mom?"

"There the leaders of another community. Where I'm from."

The Kingdom.

"What's it called."

"It's call the Kingdom. It's probably about a days ride from here."

All of a sinus den I here Daryl grunting down the stairs. He walking over to Henry opening his cell.

"Hay, what's going on?" Henry asks.

"Shut up. Your getting out." Daryl takes Henry away up to ground level.

A minute later Daryl come back down alone.

"Come to kill me?" I ask.

He pulls out a bottle of pills.

"It's for your stomach. You keep hugging on it like it hurts."

"I'm fine."

"Fine. It's up to you."

I make sure to look the other way so I don't say anything I will regret.

"Two of ours went missing. We found there horses though. Half skinned half eaten. You know anything about that?"

"How could I? I've been here."

"What would your mom do if she crossed some of our people? Would she kill them?"

"She will if she has to."