Savior Part 2: Son of Eden (The Savior Series) by A. King Bradley Read Free Book Online Page A

question that I had been dying to have answered since the first second I learned of the existence of Eden. Because of my abilities, I had always wondered if there was something about me that was more than human, and even though I never had definitive proof, somewhere deep down inside I already knew the answer.
    “What about me?” I finally asked. “Am I one of them? Do I come from Eden too?”
    “Yes and no,” Wells replied. “You see, Sport, you’re only half Anokian and you were born right here on Earth. Your mother was human. However, your father was one of them, but he’s dead now—killed when The Righteous and the others escaped.”
    “Did you know her? Did you know my mother?” I asked as I thought of the woman who had vanished after handing me over to my adoptive mother.
    “Yes… she was one of my best agents,” Wells answered as a hint of sorrow washed over his usually stony face.
    “Really?! Well where is she now?” I asked anxiously.
    He bit his lower lip as I waited for an answer but instead of replying he simply sighed and lowered his eyes to the floor in silence. The look on his face said it all. As I stared at the painful expression that washed across his face, I could tell that my birth mother had died. My hands trembled with grief as pain and anguish welled in my chest. My entire adoptive family was already dead, and now I had just found out that my only possible relative was dead as well. It was simply too much for me to handle. I abruptly stood and turned my back to him as my jaw began to quiver. I clenched my jaw shut and breathed as deeply as I could in order to keep the tears from falling, as Wells looked on in sorrow.
    “I wish… I wish I had better news for you, Sport. I really do,” Wells finally said as he stood and walked around his desk, stopping a few feet behind me. “I know you probably hate me for keeping you in the dark all this time, but believe me, Kid, it was for your own good.”
    “I want to know what happened to her,” I replied, still clenching my jaw as my vision became blurry from unused tears.
    “It’s not good, Kid. Not good at all,” Wells cautioned.
    “Dammit, Wells, stop jerking me around!” I growled as I whipped around and glared at him. “I’m not a kid!” I snapped as I angrily wiped a falling tear from my right cheek.
    “I’m just trying to protect—”
    “Tell me what happened to her!” I demanded as I clenched my fists.
    “He happened to her!” Wells shot back. “The Righteous is the reason she died. He’s a monster, Reaper—a monster capable of corrupting everything he touches. He and his followers were war criminals in the Andromeda Galaxy. He was the supreme leader of the powerful Anokian Empire but he wasn’t content with simply being the ruler of one of the largest empires in their galaxy. No, his ambition drove him to attempt to rule all of Andromeda space. He came before their Galactic Counsel under the ruse of diplomacy, but once there, he proceeded to single handedly slaughter the entire Counsel—and for a short period of time he had effectively seized absolute power for himself. It was only by the strength of our allies, the Equillian Federation, that The Righteous was removed from power. The Equillians, or the real little grey men as I like to call them, have had ties with the United States Government since as far back as the late 1800s. The U.S. has since served as a Guantanamo Bay of sorts for the Equillians’ most dangerous prisoners in exchange for the technological advances that have helped establish this country as one of the Earth’s superpowers. This organization’s primary function has always been to safeguard the prisoners that are transferred here from the Andromeda Galaxy. The Righteous and his closest followers were transferred here after he was removed from power and captured by the Equillian military. As I said before, your mother was one of my best agents, and she was the head of security here at Area 51