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Nathan lifts his mobile phone and shows us another text he got.
“Another threat?” Kai asks.
“They want more,” Nathan replies, the nerves on his face bulging. “It’s never gonna be enough.” He runs his fingers through his crisp blond hair. “What the fuck am I going to do?”
“We’ll fix this,” Kai says. “Don’t give up.”
“You know, we’re here for you,” I say.
“If my fucking parents could have just done their job correctly,” Nathan grits, “I wouldn’t be in this shit.” His fist balls. “I have to protect her. I don’t fucking care what it takes. If I have to shoot a million more men, I’ll do it.”
“Okay, let’s do it, then,” I say.
Kai sighs, but he eventually agrees and nods.
“You got any more of those targets from that site you were on?” Nathan asks.
“Let’s talk about it after class,” Kai replies. “We might be able to do another hit tonight.”
“Oh yeah, that’s what I’m talking about,” I say, grinning from ear to ear.
LANA
Yawning, I stumble through the hallway looking for the bathroom. It’s the middle of the night, and my throat is dry. But the darkness makes it hard to see, so I touch the walls, looking around for the door. Light spills from the room to the left a few feet ahead of me.
My brother’s room.
But it’s so late at night. He can’t still be awake, right?
I creep up to the door, yawning into my hand. I wonder what he’s doing.
Some squeaky noises and a definite groaning sound are coming from up ahead.
What is it?
When I push the door open and peek inside, I notice a big lump on his bed. Like a monster growing inside the blanket, pushing, shoving, moving around.
But I don’t believe in monsters.
I frown and call out my brother’s name. “Felix?”
The lump abruptly stops and then moves up, the blanket slowly lowering. Two eyes connect with mine.
But they aren’t my brother’s.
Even though I can definitely tell two people are in that bed.
I swallow, but the dryness in my throat doesn’t go away.
“Mom?”
Shrieking, I sit straight up while drenched in sweat, breathing heavily.
I gather my bearings for a moment and check the time. 1:00 a.m.
Jesus Christ. I haven’t even slept two hours and already that fucking nightmare came to visit me again.
I throw myself back on the bed and relax on the pillow, trying to get the memory out of my head, but nothing I do works.
