Chapter 5

The words hit Lucas like a bolt of lightning straight through his skull.

His hand clenched around the broken blade, and blood poured faster between his fingers.

"What did you just say?" His voice shook as he searched my pale, milky eyes for any trace of a lie.

He sneered, "Evelyn, you're really going to play dumb with me right now? You think pretending you don't remember is going to erase everything you've done?"

I didn't answer him. The system had flagged his question as non-essential communication, so no response was required.

I tugged at the broken sword still locked…