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Desperation tore raging holes inside my mind I wanted to collapse by Jethro’s side and scoop up his blood and feed it back to him--to force him to come back to life I wanted to hold ht--to wash away his panic And I wanted to say goodbye to Kestrel--to send hirateful I was for what he’d done

But I couldn’t do any of those things

Daniel’s pincer grip cagedme to rot in his deluded embrace

Bastard

Sick and twisted bastard

My temper screeched out of control, and for the first tiave in to it I openedand screas "Fuck you, Daniel Fuck you! Fuck you and fuck Cut and fuck all of you!"

The world stopped

Daniel froze

I trembled

Then, he slapped me

My head snapped sideways His handprint decoratedspun out of control

"You little cunt" He yanked ave me no choice but to stumble into him "Have your little tantrum Go on, screae facts" Trailing his fingertips overcheek, he murmured, "You just contradicted yourself First you said you wouldn’t obeythe ‘fuck you’ part literally" Digging his fingers into the sides of my cheeks, he kissed me "You don’t have to listen for me to fuck you You don’t even have to obey me Whatever power you had overed me down the corridor

Further and further frohn

Further and further into hell

He’s dead

He’s dead

He’s nothing…

Everything inside shrieked with disbelief He couldn’t be dead He just couldn’t I needed to see hio on when I didn’t believe what had happened? How could I hope to breathe and exist when all I wanted was to give up like he had?

I sed another tsunami of tears My soul didn’t believe But my circumstances said otherwise This was et aith this"

Daniel snickered, looking over his shoulder "Get ahat?"

Murderingany chance of happiness I ever had

"Everything"