Got Too Close
The pain was unbearable; it was best to escape it.
“Close your eyes, First Lady.”
This time, I did. Wet lids snapped shut, ready to breathe my last.
I felt his thumb caress my cheek. “I’m sorry, Gianna…”
Gianna—of course. In me, he was killing her. And was I glad? She had found Zayne—was I glad?
The detonation rang out.
Darkness surrounded me, numbing my ears, my fingertips, sending a cold chill through me. My heartbeat thudded wildly. I waited for the pain, the one supposed to send me on my pathway to the afterlife.
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