“Frank! Then they got very, very rich selling cups of his blood to whoever could afford it. XXX Her father was taking her to the surface and at last, she would be permitted to see something besides the four walls of the laboratory where she’d been born. She reasoned that, if she demonstrated how strong and fit she was, maybe her father would show her some more of wherever it is she was, and perhaps let her off this damned, confining table. Two soldiers began spraying her flaming car with foam. She discovered that the void had a name – Alana. “Focus, child,” a soft, but strong voice said from somewhere very near. ‘How do I get back?’
‘Be at peace, child,’ the Praetor told her, ‘you are with me.’
Béla wasn’t at peace.




















