The Mate They Threw Away
He died the moment his body hit the pavement, his eyes going glassy and empty.
A stunned silence fell over the alley. Even the girl stopped whimpering, shocked into silence by what she’d just witnessed.
I stepped over the body without looking down, my eyes locked on the remaining four. They were staring at their fallen companion in disbelief, their brains struggling to process what had just happened.
“Now you’re down to four,” I said calmly, and my voice sounded different even to my own ears, stronger, more confident, touched with something almost predatory.
There was no going back now. I knew it with absolute certainty. All four of them were going to die in this alley. They’d seen too much,