Wind-Scarred (The Will of the Elements, Book 1) by Sky Corbelli Read Free Book Online

you doing in the university district tonight, Mr.
Hawkins?”
    Ezra blinked. Surely Miss O'Donnell had
already told them this. “I was setting off a glider for an
experiment.”
    “ T hat's funny, because no-one saw a
glider being launched from anywhere near there tonight at all. Do
you maybe have a different story you'd like to try?”
    “ Nooo, that's why I went there. I took a shuttle to higher
ground but I-”
    Jeffries slammed his hand down on the table,
killing the images. “Don't screw with me here, kid. We have records
of your wormhole travel to the plaza. We know you went to the city
Center with a large, unmarked package. We know you went back into
the inner workings of the space station wormhole generators and
didn't come back out and we know that you had several generators
turned off tonight for 'inspections.'” He made quotes in the air
around the word. “We know you had a radiation badge in your pocket.
What were you testing Ezra? Now we have several wormholes that have
been unlinked from the network, and a package that was not on your
person when you were brought in that we cannot find anywhere in the
Sanctuary Center or the Conservatorium, the only two places we can
reliably put you tonight. What was in the package?!” The
detective's face has turned red as he practically shouted this out
at Ezra.
    “ It-it was just my glider.”
    “ Okay, you want to play it that way, that's fine. And where is
your 'glider' now?”
    “ Back in my lab, assuming my experiment went fine. It may still
be out somewhere past the barrier, and then I'll have
to-”
    “ Wouldn't that just be convenient? We're already getting a
warrant for your home, so we'll know soon enough. A package that
no-one knows anything about, that you drag halfway across the city,
and now it's just gone. What did you take from the museum Ezra?
We'll find out eventually, but things'll go a whole lot smoother
for you if you just some clean now.”
    Ezra stared at the man in front of him. He
didn't understand what was going on. “What are you talking about? I
didn't take anything from the-”
    “ Ah-ha! So you left it there, is that it? Just going to mess
around with the ports, maybe have a little fun at everyone else's
expense? You freaking Legacies.” The man scowled in disgust. “You
think that just because your mommy or daddy had one idea that now
you're god's gift to the Sanctuary. Well, let me tell you, you're
all a worthless bunch of leeches, keeping us down
under-”
    “ Excuse me?” Ezra's voice had taken on a cold, quiet tone.
“What did you say about my parents?”
    “ Oh, did I strike a nerve there Mr. Hawkins? Maybe you were
sabotaging the space station wormholes. A little revenge for mom
and pop. Well, I hate to say it, but we ruined that plan. We had
those shut down the moment we heard you were running
loose.”
    “ My parents were heroes.” Fury was building in Ezra. He
clenched his teeth and continued. “You will take back what you said
about them.”
    “ Or what? You wanna add assaulting an officer to your charges?
Go ahead, be my guest, tough guy.” Jeffries sneered, sticking his
chin out across the table. “Take your best shot. If you ask me,
the Millennial explosion was the best thing to happen to the world since
Founding. Opened up all those data banks to the public, like they
should be. Only one real problem, and he's sitting right in front
of me.”
    Ezra's hands balled into fists and he
started trembling with rage. Jeffries flashed him a malicious smile
and whispered, “Go on Ezra, do it. I always thought you Legacies
were a bunch of pansies. Prove me wrong.”
    “ That will be quite enough, Mr. Jeffries.” The door to the room
slid open, revealing a slight, unimpressive man with short,
unimpressive medium blonde hair swept back from a widow's peak. The
dark glasses that obscured his eyes and well-tailored suit
practically screamed 'government'. Jeffries jerked up from where he
had been leaning over the