Page 107 of Anarchy Chained: Alpha Thomas

“Silly Thomas,” Cyan says, through my mouth. “You have far too many loyalties, my stupid little puppet. Didn’t your Prodigy school ever teach you about divide and conquer? You have to pick and choose who you will be loyal to. And you can only have one. Lesson learned, huh?” She tsks my tongue. “But you learned it just a little too late.”

“Come on,” Uzi says, reaching for my hand. I take it. Only it’s not me. It’s her. Cyan. I am Cyan now. “He initiated the satellites, remember? We’ve only got about eight hours before the whole thing goes down.”

“I can’t wait,” I say. Then there’s a sick moment when I realize… I’m still me. But now Uzi’s my partner.

Thomas…

But it’s faint. She’s gone. Sadie is gone. She doesn’t matter anymore. Uzi and I are the only ones who matter now.

“We’re gonna take over the world, Thomas.”

“Yes,” I hiss. “But don’t call me Thomas again, you dick. I’m still Cyan.”

Uzi laughs as we walk out the door. “You know I’m gonna come back for Sadie and wake her up. I’ll need her to be my little fuck-doll again when this is all over.”

“I wonder if I like girls now?” I ask Uzi. We laugh together.

“You can like whoever you want, Cyan.”

We get in the car and slam our doors at the same time. And we laugh all the way down stupid Lincoln Wade’s five-mile-long driveway.

“Isn’t it great that these Alphas set up the whole thing for us?” I say.

“We are gonna fuck that city up good, Cyan.”

“Yesssss,” I hiss back at him. “We are.”

It’s still dark but it won’t be for long. And by the time we get down the mountain it will be a brand-new day. We’ll be the ones to take down Cathedral City, not these worthless Alphas. And when we’re done… Prodigy will control everything and everyone.

Bye-bye, Alphas. Your delusions-of-grandeur schemes are ours now.