Free Tempted Cyborg by Nellie C. Lind Page B

Other cyborgs do it.”
    He snorted. “Of course.”
    “So please, eat the food.”
    Yet again, he didn't say anything. Silence filled the interrogation room.
    “Let's make a deal,” Jade said after a while. “I will stop drugging you if you start eating, but if you try to escape, or if you hurt anyone, the drugs will return within seconds. Am I making myself clear?”
    He seemed to ponder her suggestion. It felt like minutes passed by before he finally nodded. “Fine.”
    Jade smiled. “Good.” She wrote something in her papers. “Food will be brought here within half an hour. Eat it and you will wake up with a clear mind tomorrow.”
    His gaze narrowed. “You are literally giving me the chance to escape, you know that, don't you?”
    “Yes, but I'm also trying to show you that you can trust me. That no one here will hurt you. We only want what is best for you. Keeping you drugged is for your own safety, but also for ours.”
    He snorted again. “Safety my ass. You only do it because it will give you fewer problems.”
    “Think what you want.”
    “I want to eat in my room,” he demanded. “I don't want to sit here and wait.”
    “You won't have to.”
    Suspicious filled his gaze. “What are you talking about?”
    “You are going to meet someone.”
    Jade grinned and left the room.

CHAPTER 2
     
    Avril saw confusion in Hunter's beautiful eyes through the one-way window as Jade left the interrogation room. Seconds later, Jade entered the room she was in and Avril tensed. The time had come for her to finally come face to face with Hunter.
    Jade smiled at her. “Are you ready?”
    Avril clenched her fists. “No.”
    “Everything will be all right, and if something goes wrong, the cyborgs will be by your side within seconds.” She nodded toward the two male cyborgs who stood inside the room.
    They were both much taller than a human man could ever become. Their bodies were muscular and intimidating. Their gazes were serious and Avril couldn't help but wonder if they ever smiled. She knew they were cyborg soldiers, specially designed to protect the people who worked for MedAct. She had no idea how many they were, but she knew that each one of them was bound to a doctor or other personnel.
    Avril looked through the one-way window again and studied Hunter. He looked tense with his gaze fixed on the door. She had no idea who he expected to walk through it, but his clenched expression told her that he probably expected his worst nightmare.
    “I have faith in you, Avril,” Jade said. “If anyone can make Hunter bind himself again it's you. Besides, you two already know each other, and that will help a lot.”
    Avril felt her hands tremble. “I hope so.” She had no idea if she trusted her own words or not, though. “I will not give up on him.”
    “I know you won't.” Jade put her papers on the desk that stood inside the room. “But before you go in there, I need to tell you a few things.”
    Surprise filled her. “Tell me what?”
    Jade's gaze turned serious. Jade was small and attractive, but the strength she radiated said that she wasn't to be taken lightly. This woman knew what she wanted and how to get it.
    “We managed to receive new information about the Fighters just a few days ago. We don't want to spread the information before we are sure that it's true. Therefore, I would appreciate if you could help us figure it out.”
    Avril inhaled deeply. She hadn't expected that. “Figure out what?”
    “The Fighters rarely allow us to investigate them, meaning we can't study them to learn what goes on on the inside. We drug them to keep them calm, but we never do more than that. We don't want them as enemies. We want them to understand that we mean no harm. Because of that, we don't know much about them. It's our loss, I know, but we prefer to have it that way. It's best for all of us.”
    Avril nodded. She liked that approach. “So what do you want me to do?”
    “Up until now, we have believed