Sulan, Episode 1: The League Read online

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  And suddenly my connection to Vex is severed. I’m back in the real-world, still spread-eagle on the cot. The cuffs hum, pumping electrical currents into my arms and legs. I arch up, shrieking in pain. Fire flows through me, burning every nerve.

  I hear the others beside me, their agony matching mine. The goggles of my headset are dark. I can’t see anything except the indistinct fuzz of the lightbulb.

  The cuffs go silent, the flow of electricity snapping off. I sag onto the mattress, gasping for breath. My body is limp and rubbery.

  “Was . . . was that some kind of Touch?” I ask, my voice raspy.

  “No,” Billy whispers. “No, that was—”

  I don’t get to hear whatever it is he says. Blue light flares in my goggles. Helpless, I am sucked back into Vex.