Page 115 of Anarchy Chained: Alpha Thomas

“Fuck,” Lincoln says.

“What?” Iziah asks, just before I can do it myself.

“He’s one of us,” Case finishes for Linc.

“He’s Prodigy,” I say.

“How do you know that?” Lincoln asks.

“I know that name,” I say. “He came to the…” I almost say school, but that’s not what it was. “He came to see me. Uzi made me…”

Iziah puts a hand on my arm. I don’t know if he knows what Uzi was making me do while they were controlling us, but I appreciate the gesture.

“He made me turn into someone for him.”

“Well, I, for one, have no clue what that means,” Lincoln says. “But fuck that guy. Sheila, how long do we have?”

“Three minutes until initiation,” she replies.

“In three minutes, we’ll have control over the entire city,” Lincoln says. “We didn’t plan it this way, and it sucks that we have to do it, but we gotta use everything available to get Thomas back. Prodigy cannot have him again. Ever.”

But they already do. They have him and Sullivan too.

The helicopter dips suddenly as Lincoln takes us south towards the Merchant district. My stomach flips, and not just because of the quick descent.

Something is very wrong here. I can feel it.

Then the letters start flashing across my vision.

Sadie, Sadie, Sadie. Come closer, Sadie. We’re waiting for you.

But it’s not Thomas and it’s not Sullivan.

It’s Cyan. Thank you for bringing the boys along too. We’ll bring you all back into the fold in just a few minutes. It’s over. You belong to Prodigy. You always have and you always will.