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Freya closed her eyes
“Yes,” hissed the interrogator, “we know that it contains a camera”
She inhaled deeply Whoever had betrayed her had stitched her up good Four days after she’d left Phoenix, the capital of the Aht of the Vendu invasion, she had been arrested while visiting a key terrafor to the Vendu, it wasn’t Australia any longer—they had renaue Its surrender had been part of the peace pact between the alien invaders and the collaborative forces of Earth’s defense council Give up one continent in order to live in peace, side by side Once the Australians had been evicted to other countries, or killed fighting the occupiers in one last futile attee, the Vendu had barricaded themselves on the vast island, shut their borders, and refused to enter into any further dialogue
With their satellites destroyed or taken over by the Vendu, the fragencies had no leaned from them prior to the treaty The Vendu warriors chose self-sacrifice over captivity and on the rare occasions when they had been caught alive, they refused to speak Eventually the handful of captives been deram
She opened her eyes and exhaled “I’ain Under pressure and swa, especially the advice fro headache and waves of nausea, which e stomach, befuddled her already anxious mind
“Do it,” the interrogator ordered with a nod
She glanced around, trying to gauge what tools of torture were present in the room She wanted to vomit The tension was terrible The fear of the unknoas far worse than she had iined
So sharp pricked at the vein in her neck “Ouch! What have you done?” She twisted her head to one side, but it was too late The guard had already completed the injection
She expected pain She waited for the agony of it
The man behind the desk chuckled “Do you think us barbaric, that we haven’twithout resort to ineffective torture? We have conquered many worlds and have yet to find a hu”
“What drug?” she whispered
He laughed and it sent shivers down her spine “It won’t harm you Now you will tell me the truth because you won’t be able stop yourself”
Truth serum Whatever it was called Would it work on her?