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There’s a huge notebook that lines all the different clinical studies he’s doing with controlled groups

One of them catches my eye

It’s a suppressant

“Studies show this coenics, and Psilocybin can potentially prevent PTSD in patients by causing them to both black out and develop a safe and positive reality when facing trauma so that when they try to come out of difficult situations and circumstances, they are able to talk about their trauma in a way that’s beneficial to both their psyche and their physical well-being Early studies show great promise Clinical trials to start with people who have passed a full psych panel and in good physical condition”

I keep reading, fascinated that drugs like this even exist

So clicks in my head

This could be it Right?

I think about killing Claire, and I mentally freeze every time

This could be what I need

This drug

This is the answer to everything I tuck the folder away and wait for Nikolai, my smile much more sinister than before

I have no idea that the monster lies in wait

Chapter Nineteen

“The last I think; for, O nature upon a face, it is on that of your new friend” —Robert Louis Stevenson

Izzy

Present…

Maksiup at the way he was slumped forward, and I hated how freaked out I was fro in the same room as him

Nikolai and Phoenix took one last look at the knots then tookroom No words were needed, only alcohol

I waited for so with him?”

“I thought you’d ask about Claire first,” a voice said from the door

My dad was standing there, expression grim

I stood and then sat back down and looked away “What’s wrong with him?”

“He’s sick,” Nikolai said

“No shit, he’s sick!” I exploded “But why? How? What the hell?”

In all my years, I’d never seenon, and I was going to find out what it was

I tried so hard not to think about the last conversation I’d had with Maks, about how it felt like he was beggingme

And I wanted to scream