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"Natalie," he calls out

I hurry to the elevator and jab the B button The doors slide shut just as Ash races into the corridor I take a few deep breaths, readying myself for what I’m about to do I can do it I have to do it, for Polly The doors ping open

I’ cells are Like everywhere else in the building, the corridor is sparkling white and gold, with chandeliers lighting the way Even the cell doors look more like the ones you’d see in a plush hotel than a prison I don’t think the inmates deserve such luxuries, but I don’t suppose it matters at the end of the day Everyone here is a dead man, and a prison is still a prison, no ilt door at the end of the long corridor, which is guarded by twothe new cerulean unifor emblem on their chests They salute me

"I’ve come to see Rose," I say

"He has coetically

At that eline co with tears She glances up at ood-byes to Purian Rose Even though he’s a monster, she’s still connected to hiuards step aside I suddenly feel light-headed, h with this? Yes I pro on a narrow bed, dressed in a siray tunic top and pants Around his neck is a circular pendant His usually immaculate hair is unke the true extent of his old scars On the dressing table beside his bed is a set of expensive dentures, with two gleas that were so cruelly ripped from him as an infant

His hands rest on his lap I’ve never seen hiers don’t have any nails on the to drown hi water when he was a baby How different this world would be if she’d succeeded

"Co up

"No," I say, trying to keep er out of my pocket

His eyes slide toward me They rest on the weapon He doesn’t seem surprised

"Ah," he says "I see"

"You murdered my sister," I say, and hter How could you do that to her?"

"I didn’t know she was hter until the news broke," he says

SNB news revealed the infors evidence

"Would it haveup inher and cutting her up like a piece of meat?"

"No," he says flatly

I blink, momentarily stunned by his response, and then the fury sets in My hand tightens around the knife He’s just made this a lot simpler I step toward him and--

The door bursts open and Ash enters the roouards

"Natalie, stop!" he says, locking his strong arle against hirunts with pain but doesn’t let go

"He murdered her!" I screahten around uards look at each other, uncertain what to do "It’s okay, I’ve got this You can go"

They hesitate

"That’s an order," he barks

They obediently back out of the rooirlfriend has quite the te across his lips He knows Ash won’t let ht e Polly’s death!<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>