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Such a sied anyone since Vasily

The first ticock "Because I fell asleep with no clothes on, sir"

"And now you’ll preforlows for your victiet I doubt you’ll ht"

"Yes, sir Sorry, sir"

The rest of the cadets looked at ness and pity Six of us had been selected for tonight’s mission All of them wore black Everyone butknife, half-un with silencer He pointed toward the awaiting van that would drive us to the kill site

I fumbled with the three weapons With no place to store, I had to figure out a way to hold theht you’ll learn the hard way"

And he was right

That night I was shot in uards of the diplo with my own from the bullet wound

Vasily was the one who helped clean and dress e already

Never again did I sleep naked I would never

No light

Nothing but co darkness

My eyes flew to the here the stars and moon mocked me You fell asleep before the sun was here to protect you It’s our turn toas themy brother--the one I tried so hard to avoid--crashed over me with a tidal wave of misery

"Roan Please--" Vasily’s face was streaked with tears, his nose strea a cattle prod into rip around his neck

"LetI pro caoing, and I kneould die beside ht or tomorrow or the day after It didn’t matter We were both doomed

The er and sent a huge bolt of electricity through ers locked involuntarily around Vasily’s neck, and we plumht crushed Vasily’s leg, breaking it in two places His wails and screarave

They left us there for three days

Starving, freezing, huddling together for warue for hydration, Vasily greeaker every day His lungs rattled with liquid, coughing and rasping with pneumonia

Even if by some miracle I found a way out of there, he would die anyway

So I did the only thing I could for my brother

I kissed his cheeks and tasted his tears and we hugged goodbye with pro each other in another life

And then I broke his neck

The crack of his spine heralded

They hauled me out and patted my back and walked me back as a hero

"Fox! Fox! Roan! Wake up!"

I jolted awake again, sucking down huge gulps of oxygen My heart raced as if I’d been drowning, my eyes wild as I looked around the rooht

I’d done two things I swore I would never do again: fall asleep naked and sleep with no sunlight

My skin crawled, and I lurched backward, crushing the pillows against the headboard

Zel held out her hand, fear and sorrowher eyes

I looked to her hand and shook uarantee I’ll be safe" My voice was hoarse as if I’d been screa inher legs Her naked breasts gloarht

I needed silence, and I needed tiether

I hated that Zel had seen me weak Seen how truly fucked up my brain was I frowned as panic clenched --did I?"

She’ll never trust me around Clara if she knohat I did to Vasily

She shook her head "You spoke in gibberish or Russian All I heard was your brother’s na my hands, I forced my body to relax She didn’t know the worst of it--she would never kno many children I’d been forced to dispatch I would take that secret with rave