It only takes a few seconds to get a response.
Pandora
In what?
Blaze
Your silly revenge plot
Pandora
Oh. No.
And you won’t think it’s silly when I’m carving up your chest. The first one looked good on you
My hand goes up to my chest automatically, and of course thinking about it makes it itch again.
Pandora had been pretty hot in that basement, the circumstances notwithstanding. And I really hadn’t expected to get cut like this.
Blaze
It’ll look better on you.
But raincheck on everything until after Franklin’s memorial. River’s sulking
I don’t know why I tell her that. She doesn’t have to know about Franklin’s memorial service. She didn’t know him or care about him.
But I have a feeling she’ll care about River, despite what she said about vengeance and whatever.
Pandora
Oh. Sorry about what happened to him.
I swear I didn’t tell my parents anything. I don’t hate you all that much.
Just thiiiis much. And I want to see you suffer with my own eyes. None of that getting a finger delivered to me as a consolation present thing.
I stare at that text, wondering what the hell she’s talking about. River’s finger?
Blaze
You don’t really need more fingers anyway.
Pandora
True. Maybe an eyeball? Get it preserved to make an earring out of it.
I laugh despite myself, then I feel guilty. I look at my closed door, hoping Asch and River aren’t somehow spying on me. They’d get pissed if they saw this conversation.
But what do I care what they think, anyway? If I want to flirt with Pandora, that’s my fucking business. I’m supposed to get leverage on her family anyway. That means getting close to her.
It probably doesn’t meanfuckingher, or getting cut up by her, but it’s not like I can convince Pandora of anything without appealing to her inner crazy.
I lie down on the bed and tap away at my phone.
Blaze
Eyeballs don’t preserve well. You could try teeth.
