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Now the twisted, mangled pieces of this puzzle were coming together, and the final image was even more horrible than I’d initially imagined it to be.
My father had cost my mother her life.
And now, he would cost me mine.
Wasn’t it funny how the people who were supposed to protect and love you were often the ones who caused you the most pain? Maybe it was because onlytheyknew you well enough to break you. Onlytheyheld enough of your heart to shatter it into thousands of pieces.
I was going to die here tonight, and it suddenly occurred to me that no one would mourn me. Would anyone even notice I was gone? Would anyone care?
A part of me accepted my fate, even while the rest of me rebelled.
I didn’t cry when the man doused me with gasoline, all the while grinning manically, a wicked glint in his dark eyes. I didn’t cry when he grabbed my favorite silver lighter and flicked the switch.
But I did cry when the flames ate at my skin, burning me alive.
And then…
A stone academy.
Masked professors.
Reapers.
Purgatory.
Her.
And then I became aware of nothing at all.
