Rich Under Their Hate: The Social Status System
As the world dissolved into grey, swirling dust, Pim realized she had been the one who was being purged from the very beginning.
The screen in the corner of the room, hanging by a single wire, displayed one final, mocking countdown.
THREE.
Pim grabbed the edge of the mahogany desk, her fingers bleeding.
TWO.
She looked at Chalida, who was just starting to stir, her eyes opening in a daze.
ONE.
Pim closed her eyes and let go of the ledge.
If they were going to die, they were going to die as they lived: by rewriting the rules of the fall. But as the ground rushed up to meet them, the phone in Pim’s pocket pinged with a notification that made her stop breathing.