“Prisoner 979?” Pia remained silent. “Prisoner 979?” He’s not talking to me. I’m no prisoner. Though they knock on this cell, I am no prisoner. “Please. Tell me your name. Or don’t. But listen to me.” Pia finally gazed at the door, where the guard was talking through. “If you let me, I’ll save you. Just let me know if I can open the door.”
Hoping that when he said ‘I’ll save you’, he didn’t mean ‘save you from what you believe’, she said, “You may,”
In walked a man, smallish, but muscular, wearing the white of every other guard. He put out his hand. Pia picked herself off the floor and strode toward him. Maybe he really could save her…
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Vultures and Crows
Science FictionPia and her friends are away from everything. They can finally be free. Until they are found. Pia escapes quick enough, but her friends...she has no idea. And they are fighting someone big. The Prime, the leader, who is determined to kill them. Told...
