Taken Over (Book 2 The Ravening Series) Read Online Free

grateful to be rid of the weight of the hideous creature . I walked over to the sink to wash my hands and arms in the large metal basin . I scrubbed vigorously, using the small scrub brush to clean the blood from under my nails. “This is amazing! Amazing!” Bishop m utter ed excitedly . “Maybe we can find a live specimen.”
       I shot him a dark look , while Bret gaped at him incredulously . “Count your blessings with this one doc,” I informed him.
       Bishop wasn’t listening to me though as he peered close ly at the strange creature before him. His grey eyes were narrowed behind his glasses as he bent close to the thing. It appeared that I had been replaced as Bishop’s favorite thing to poke at , for the time being .
       “It’s true.” I turned slightly, I hadn’t heard my older brother Aiden approach, but there he was in the doorway .
       “Yes, yes,” Bishop said quickly. “We are very lucky. Lucky indeed.”
       Aiden’s dark eyes fixated keenly on the creature lying on the counter. He had become the doc’s assistant, eager to explore and learn anything that Bishop had to teach him. Before the aliens arrived a year ago Aiden had wanted to be a doctor, a scientist, or had wanted to work for NASA even . He had wanted to know the secrets the skies held. Unfortunately we knew the answers to those secrets now, and they had not been as wonderful as Aiden , or any of us, had dreamed. After the aliens arrived our education had become more restricted and NASA had been shut down six months after . Aiden may have lost his dreams, but his curiosity had never waned and he was eagerly turning that curiosity and intelligence to research , and medical training , with Bishop .
       “Awesome ,” Aiden breathed .
       I shook my head at my brother as he hurried forward. We were blood, good friends, and I loved him, but he confounded me. Abby must have just woken him as his honey blond hair, so similar to mine, was disheveled and standing on end. His brown eyes were still swollen with sleep but he was very alert. “You wo uldn’t think it was so awesome if you had seen what it did to Sarah,” I said softly.
       He turned back to me , his face going slack with horror . “Sarah’s dead?”
       “Yes.”
       Regret flashed across his handsome features, he looked slightly abashed. “What did it do?” Bishop asked quietly and for the first time not with excitement .
       It was Bret that filled them in on the awful events as I couldn’t find the words to describe the horror. I didn’t think there were any. I leaned against the wall, staring at my ratty shoes as I fought the urge to vomit . Darnell joined us in the room, his dark eyes were haunted , his full lips clamped tight . I didn’t know where they had placed Sarah until she could be buried, and I didn’t want to know. I had seen enough of the damage that had been done to he r .
       “Amazing,” Bishop murmured when Bret finished filling him in on the details.
       “Stop saying that!” My tone was far sharper than I had intended , but my fear and anger came surging to the forefront. “They’re not amazing. They’re awful Bishop, they’re awful . ”
       They all stared at me for a long moment. I had been so emotionless lately that any sign of feeling was a surprise to them. Though they seemed stunned, relief flickered over Aiden’s features. “You’re right,” Bishop said softly.
       “What do you say we get some sleep and let the science wizards do their thing? ” Bret touched my arm gently; the sympathy in his gaze set my teeth on edge.
      I nodded my agreement, I was exhausted, bone weary. I needed to get away from here for awhile , needed to get away from that thing . All I wanted was to lie down for a little bit before we had to do it all over again tomorrow. Abby was sitting on a pile of blankets in the corner of the building that we had claimed as our own . The light of the small lamp highlighted the