Free The Sons of Adam: The sequel of The Immortal Collection (A Saga of the Ancient Family Book 2) by Eva García Sáenz Page A

you don't give us any clues as to what my father injected Uncle Nagorno with, our doctors won't be able to save his life. I'll have to send my father some proof I am alive so that he will begin the research as soon as possible."
    "No," interrupted Nagorno. "You're just looking for bloody revenge on your father, and I made it clear that it's not about that, god dammit."
    "You're wrong. What I want is for you to live, I don't want you to die in my arms in a couple of weeks, but my father may doubt that we are serious, believe me, it's the only way to stop this messing around and get him to start working on it now."
    "And what do you suggest?"
    "Like I said: some proof she is alive. The same as we've always done, the old-fashioned way. An ear, something that won't compromise the life of this young lady.
    My stomach gave me from inside. Painful.
    "No, not an ear. If Adriana survives the ordeal and we give her back to my brother, he will never forgive me for returning her mutilated in that way."
    "He won't even notice, she'll survive it, I'll cauterize the wound. And she's got long hair, she can cover it up all her life," said Gunnarr, pulling on my lobe. "Pass me that letter opener."
    "I said no Gunnarr! Not an ear.”
    Sweat started running down my back and soaking my shirt.
    He's going to mutilate me , I managed to think, but terror paralyzed me and the rope kept my hands tied behind my back.
    He's going to mutilate me.
    "Throw me the fucking letter opener!" roared Gunnarr, throwing me to the ground and pushing Nagorno away from the desk. "What the hell has happened to you over these last years? You've all gone soft, you're like longevos made out of butter."
    And then Nagorno, making an effort to stand up straight, put his hand on the giant's arm, like a snake winding itself around a bear, each aware of his powers.
    "Leave it," he managed to whisper.
    Because he didn't need to say anything else. He was Nagorno, and Gunnarr bowed to his order.
    "Take her back to her cell, I don't want to see her. Her presence here has drained me."
    Gunnarr's gaze darkened and I barely had time to see the gesture that Nagorno made with his chin. He put the sack back on my head and dragged me down the stairs, back to my cell. Once there he threw me on the bed. Then, to my surprise, he untied my hands and I took off the sack that was preventing me from seeing.
    Gunnarr was locking the door to the cell from the inside. He put the key in his camouflage pants and we were left alone in that locked room.
    "Are you going to mutilate me now that we're alone?"
    "You have to understand, stedmor . I had to know how far my uncle was willing to go."
    "But what if he hadn't have stopped you?”
    He looked at me with eloquence.
    "You ask too many questions, my uncle warned me about your curiosity. Tell me, is that why you share your life with a longevo, Adriana Alameda, because of your eagerness to know everything? You and my father make a very odd couple. The reserved man and the curious archeologist.”
    Wow , I thought, frustrated, he's got us figured out .
    There was a glint of mischief in his eyes, like when a child manages to work out an adult's riddle.
    He then went over to the wall that my bed was pushed up against and put his hand on the rock.
    "Too damp," he whispered to himself.
    "What are you doing?" I asked, not understanding.
    He didn't answer.
    He bent down next to the bed and started looking for something under the springs. He took out a small plastic box. I cautiously walked over and saw that it was one of those devices for absorbing humidity that people put in storage spaces.
    "It's soaking, I'll bring you another one tomorrow," he muttered, after examining the sponge inside.
    "You kidnap me, pretend that you want to cut my ear off and now you're worried about the humidity in my cell?"
    "I'm concerned about your bones. I don't want you getting sick, and seeing as your pigheadedness is going to make this go on for quite some time, I would prefer