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It felt real when he kissed me.
Since that would make completely no sense, I swallow it down.
“He told me,” I say.
Judging from Mom’s face, that’s hardly any better.
“Freya,” Felix says tightly. “If we don’t start moving now, I’ll be forced to take you.”
“Take her?” Mom says, voice rising. “What do you mean…take her?”
Felix leans forward, looking steadily at my mom. “I don’t know who wants to hurt your daughter.”
He glances at Julie, who’s still staring at the floor as if he wants to ask her more. But he can’t yet.
“I do know if my contact is telling the truth and people are going to come for her. I need to keep her safe.”
“With you?”
“Yes,” Felix growls without hesitation, sending solar flares of belonging through me.
“But you’ve killed before,” Mom says.
“Yes, I have. In war and here, three times.” Felix’s tone gets dark. “I won’t explain to you what these men did, but it was bad, Mrs. Abrams.”
“Then I don’t understand why anybody who would wantthemdead would ever want to hurt my Freya.”
“Listen.” Felix stands. “I’m sorry to do it like this, but you three need to pack. Now.”
Mom opens her mouth as if to argue, but she closes it when Julie bolts to her feet and walks quickly up the stairs.
Mom looks at Felix, then at me.
“Freya, did she already know all this?” Mom asks.
“No,” I say. “But she called me before, talking about Mike, her ex. Apparently, he’s been saying some bad stuff about me. I still can’t believe it’s related to this. Mike’s a computer programmer.”
“According to him,” Felix mutters. “But it doesn’t matter, not now. It’s time to pack.”
“What about the police?” Mom says.
“My contact has used police resources before. In fact, it’s how I verified the crimes of the last three targets. I don’t knowhowdeep the influence goes, but until I do, we need to stay away from them. Please, Mrs. Abrams.”
“I wish I could figure out how this could be a scam,” Mom says. “Or why on earth would anybody want to kidnap any of us? And, if they did, why they’d do it like this.”
“As insane as it sounds,” Felix says, “everything I’ve told you is the complete truth.”
Mom stands, running a hand through her hair. “I’m sorry, but I can’t….”
The front window shatters, and then it’s like time is going slower.
I stare at the object on the floor for what feels like minutes, studying the metal cylinder, the place where the pin was supposed to go…
Bang.
Bright white flashes across my vision, feeling like it’s slicing right through my skull.
Thebangnoise resounds over and over in my head, clashing between my ears, as I raise my hands and instinctively let out a scream.
