The Merge 2

By KC Royale

What happens when you wake up from the nightmare called your life to find out that everything you ever knew was a lie?
What do you do? How do you cope?

This is the highly anticipated sequel to the The Merge.

• Language: English
• Publisher: KC Royale
• Release date: Apr 21, 2020
• ISBN: 9780463548523

KC Royale

KC Royale started writing at the tender age of nine years old. Being the only girl in a house with four brothers, she used writing as a way to occupy her time. Her curiosity grew into her creating poems and short stories in various genres, which then grew into a love of writing all types of stories. Having grown up in the Washington Metropolitan Area, she got a lot of her inspiration from life, love and nature. She currently lives in Maryland with her family and her ever present laptop. When she is not writing she enjoys watching movies, theatre, cooking, traveling, and listening to soft rock music. She is also an avid reader who enjoys a good romance, erotica or thriller novel to pass the time. www.royaleinK.com

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The Merge 2

By

KC Royale

Copyright

This is a work of fiction/semi-autobiographic. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or from personal experience but used in a fictitious manner. All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the author except for the use of brief quotations in a book review. The following story contains mature themes, strong language, and sexual situations. It is intended for adult readers.

Copyright © 2020 by KC Royale

Dedication

Sometimes it’s not the family you’re born into but the one you make for yourself. This book is dedicated to KDF, a very special sister friend to me now, and always.

In Honor of

This book is dedicated to those who have made the hard sacrifices to make a difference.

We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams…

Poem; Ode

Recited by; Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder)

Written by; Arthur O’Shaughnessy

"What inspires one, can inspire another."

-KC ROYALE

The Merge 2

Prologue

Life has never been simple for me, and it never will again.

Chapter 1

I was being held captive, alongside the one I loved. Held as prisoners, enduring what we needed to in order to survive The Merge. I sometimes wonder if my gifts have stolen my life from me or given me one. My future was uncertain for so many reasons. I always wondered if there was more out there for me, and if I would ever have access to that something more. Most people think that human development can't be reformed, or even be evolved, but I beg to differ.

I am the only female to have survived an experiment that spans back over seventy years. The Merge has opened my eyes to more possibilities and dangers than I could ever have imagined. But, was this path really my destiny?

Was being controlled by someone who considers us to be free really deemed as living? What was being free? I wasn't sure anymore. I have so many questions that have yet to be answered, but I can’t despair. I stake my life that those answers will come about, and I will one day reclaim what is mine: my truth. Whatever that may be.

One way or another, I will emerge from all this, stronger and more capable in my existence. I am no longer the young and naive seventeen-year-old I once was when this whole thing started. I am a woman now… a woman who refuses to be broken.

My name is Kaitlyn, and I am a part of a team that consists of multiple test subjects – most of who have endured more time under Mr. Kalet’s leadership and his bylaws than I have. Our team consisted of thirty-eight men and one female. We were held captive here under the very watchful eye of Mr. Kalet. A man who I considered to be pure unadulterated evil. Definitely one you don’t want to piss off or provoke.

Most of my time in the community he stays hidden from us. But, we know he’s there, watching and waiting for one of us to provoke him, to stray from his good nature, if that side even truly existed.

The rules here never change, but there are always more rules being added. Our lives are structured here, even more so than before The Merge. The strict laws raised inner doubts and fears inside my head, that’s haunted my dreams at night. I so often have nightmares, wondering what’s out there waiting for us.

Were there people waiting and hoping to see us fail in our pursuits, or were there people who existed solely to ensure that we failed by eliminating us? We find ourselves submerged in chaos that we didn’t build or create. I wanted to think positive, but the position that we now lived in didn’t leave much room for dreams, only nightmares. Which had somehow, undoubtedly, became our new reality.

No matter what was happening or not happening, the aura of our lives could be defined in only one way. Scary. I didn’t recognize myself anymore. I used to know the difference between what was good and what was bad, now I’m not sure anymore of what I know.

Such trivial things no longer mattered. In my life now, nothing really mattered beyond the survival of myself, my love, and my team. My team consisted of thirty-eight men who roamed the grounds patiently waiting for either an assignment, more training, or a seminar. I had yet to go out on an assignment. Todd, Wade, and Isaac, who had accompanied me here years ago, hadn’t gone on one either.

Us, four, were still deemed as newbies and were always told that we had a lot more training to endure before we could receive our very first assignment outside the grounds. Which really meant that Mr. Kalet doesn’t think we’re ready to face whatever it is that’s out there quite yet. He was a man who didn’t take too many chances, and with us, why would he?

Word around the compound is that us four are invaluable to him. We were an elite team whose DNA origins created those thirty-eight men who exist now to serve him. This protected us in a way, but also made us targets. We had no choice but to be compliant with Mr. Kalet and his bylaws. But, that was never enough, he’d always want more. It’s not love that he craves or values as far as us four are concerned. It’s complete control which equates to power.

Being valuable to him is scary all in itself, and having your DNA used and replicated is another form of freaky. Out of us four, I am the calmest, I think, regarding our new environment. The others put on a good front, but I can read and sense their true thoughts, and they are completely terrified of Mr. Kalet…and of me.

Soon after we arrived here, Kalet’s team discovered that they all had reached their full measure of holding and sustaining the energy that’s coursing throughout their bodies. Todd, Isaac, and Wade’s