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Chapter 30
CHRISTY
Iawaken with a start. Anger blazes, rushing through my veins as fast and as furiously as the fire that had killed my mum and burnt my home to the ground.
I’m raging. I’m a fucking inferno of hate. It billows like smoke in my lungs and boils like lava in my veins. Even the residual pain from the memory smarting my skin isn’t enough to stop me jumping to my feet and rushing from the bedroom.
Leon killed my mum.
I’m going to make him pay!
I don’t think about anything other than ripping off his mask and looking into the eyes of the angel who saved me and the monster who killed my mother.
My bare feet slap against the stone tiles as I race along the hallway, fury giving me energy. I don’t stop when Thirteen steps out of Twelve’s room three doors down, her eyes wide with shock. I don’t stop when Seven calls after me, or when Six grips my arm as I pass her by.
“Don’t!” she says, knowing instantly that I’m on a path of destruction. She sees the hate in my eyes, understands it and what I mean to do. Either he dies or I do.
“Get off me!” I shout, yanking my arm out of her hold.
When I reach the end of the long corridor and turn left, I run directly into One and Two. Their hands come up automatically, more to protect themselves than me, but when One sees the look on my face, she presses her hands against my chest, holding me back.
“Stop!” she demands.
“Fuck you!” I scream, pushing against her hold. She backs me up against the stone wall, Two helping to hold me in place. They’re far stronger than they look.
“Where are you going?” One asks, her cool expression and calm voice like ice over my heated skin.
“TokillLeon,” I spit, knocking their hands away, aware that the rest of the Numbers have gathered in the hallway. I can feel them staring, and it pisses me off even more. “I’m doing what you're all too chicken-shit to do!”
Two laughs. No, she cackles. “Good luck with that.”
One, however, keeps me pinned in place with her penetrating stare. “Do you want to die?” she asks. “I’m genuinely interested, because surely you understand that this will only end in your death. Not his.”
“Iwantrevenge.”
“You will die. Hewillkill you.” One persists, her dark eyes lacking any real depth or emotion. She’s stating it as a matter of fact, not as a warning coming from a place of kindness.
“I want to see him suffer like I’ve suffered. Ihatehim!”
“Oh my dear. We’ve all hated him at one time or the other. The feeling will pass. Now be a good girl and run along back to Thirteen’s room. You’re a…mess.” Her gaze roves over my dishevelled hair then focuses on my birthmark. She baulks and it sends even more fury rushing through my blood.
“Don’t speak to me like that,” I seethe. “Don’t dismiss me just because I’m not beautiful like the rest of you. I’m capable of more than you know!”
“Go with Thirteen,” she says dismissively, flicking her gaze over her shoulder and nodding.
Thirteen appears by my side, her arm sliding behind my back as One steps backwards. I shove her off me, not caring that she stumbles back into Three, not caring what my mother had written in her letter. I’m too far gone to see anything other than blind rage.
“Don’t you touch me! Don’t you dare touch me,Cyn!” I shout. She flinches, her face paling. I’ve let her name out, her secret.
I don’t care. I don’t care.
“Zero—” Three begins, trying to soothe me with her soft voice and concerned gaze.
“My name is CHRISTY!” I shout, panting, wild now.Rabid.
“I say let her go.” Four shrugs. “At least with her gone, everything can get back to normal. Our Masters have been on edge ever since she arrived. She doesn’t fit in here.”
Bitch.
