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I let her create something beautiful from my pain.

“We’re in control now, Case Reider. Us.”

Moments later Molly kneels down next to me, her clothes all wet and her hands gentle on my arm. I’m not burning her now. I’m not hurting anyone now.

Lincoln comes, stands over me, alongside Thomas, who really isn’t dead. Since when does that asshole go anywhere without body armor?

They watch Lulu remake me into something else.

And later, when she’s done, they help me up, walk me to the helicopter, and take me home.

Back to the cave. Back to the lab. Back to the tests.

I look down on my city as we leave Cathedral City behind, and wonder… who owns that city now? If not me?

The people?

The politicians?

Or are there more predators just waiting for their chance?