Chapter 25

The Elder swiveled to face Kaniji. The temperature dropped suddenly. Something was about to happen, and I was already scared as it was. I didn't need to see Kaniji get a psychic backhand.

I interrupted whatever was about to happen. "I don't have a problem telling anything." I said angrily. "I was judged unfit because I had no memories. But I was told that I had no instincts, and that's a lie! I have a survival instinct! And that's what caused Johan to die and me to survive."

"We toyed with you!" Kaniji yelled.

Craggy Face scooted away from her, and not a moment too soon because Kaniji went flying as if a hand was gripping her throat. She was yanked, the way my mama used to threaten to do me!

Kaniji ended up kneeling before the Elder, who hadn't flinched, and in front of me, too.

"P ... Pl ... Please!" Kaniji gasped. The hold must have been released because Kaniji collapsed and then threw herself prostate at the Elder's feet.

"A million apologies for my rudeness," she croaked.

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