Riley’s POVI stepped toward them deliberately.The sound of my boots against the floor echoed through the hall, steady and controlled. The knife hung loosely in my hand, but the blood still dripping from it made its own quiet rhythm against the ground.Ethan, Daphne, and Wendy reacted immediately.Their formation broke.Daphne grabbed at Wendy’s arm, trying to pull her forward, but Wendy jerked away, shoving her back in return. Ethan took a step back, but there was nowhere to go. The guards had sealed every exit, and the walls behind him offered no escape.“Go,” Daphne hissed under her breath, pushing at Wendy again.“Why me?” Wendy snapped back, her voice shaking despite her attempt to sound firm. “You were part of it too!”Ethan didn’t say anything. His eyes stayed on me, wide and unfocused, his breathing uneven.They kept shifting, each one trying to put the other ahead.I stopped walking and they froze.I looked at them for a moment, taking in the way they moved, the way they avo
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