“Do you think I'm a toy that you can claim in front of everyone?” I asked angrily.William looked at me in surprise and brought his hand to his face, contemplating the fact that I had hit him hard. It had certainly unsettled him.“What did you do, son?” his parents asked as he stepped in between the
WilliamWe arrived at the hospital quickly.In the waiting room was my father trying to calm Bernard, while Snow squeezed my hand. Somehow the situation felt familiar, but at the same time it felt like something different.“What do you think happened to my aunt?” asked Snow to Bernard. “Does this al
I cursed through my teeth, but restrained myself.“You can't just walk into the hospital like that; go take care of that while I take care of the rest,” I told him firmly.“What's wrong?” my father asked with concern.“Susan got poisoned with acomio; she lost the baby she was expecting and has to st
SnowI tried to get Winter's mother to a safe area, but chaos broke out.Hooded gunmen came in through the back of the hospital and started shooting at everyone. I realized that what they were shooting were the same darts they were using to abduct people.Everything felt wrong.“You have to go back,
This one, unlike the others, began to smell stronger.“What is that strong smell of alcohol?” he asked.“We're in a hospital; it's obviously going to smell like alcohol,” one of his subordinates told him.“No, it's sharper than—”The man turned in my direction and saw me.That caused me to shoot the
SnowAfter the seizure, my nerves were upset.Intrusive thoughts were a major problem.I kept thinking about the words the man had said to me. They kept repeating in my head like an infinite loop, which made me nervous in the face of not knowing. It was killing me that I was a target for someone wit
My words were strong, then I felt William's hands on my shoulders, giving me comfort and peace.“She's right, Dad,” my mate said. “Snow deserves to know the truth, so she can watch some questioning without participating.”“Protocols and standards indicate—”“Protocols and standards can be ignored,”
WilliamDiscovering that someone had had the audacity to enter the school only meant that the kidnapped had managed to have an infiltrator. That in itself was horrible to understand because it was interpreted in only one way: outright treason.“We have a traitor,” my father said as we stood in the d