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It wasn’t much, just a shack wired into old Council networks, powered by a flickering solar cell, but it had heat, water, and the faint signal of satellite transmissions. The shack sat in a small clearing. Moss had grown over the collapsed fencing, and metal panels were peeling like sunburned skin. This place hadn't been touched in years. Subject 13 was already inside when we arrived. He handed me a data pad without a word. “What’s this?” I asked. “Transmission logs,” he said. “There’s something you need to see.” I sat at the edge of the table while Null adjusted her core beside a broken vent. Kieran hovered near the door, tense like he expected the forest to come alive and attack us. He was

Her character contrasted heavily with my own dark brown hair and even darker eyes. Still caged in my mind, I read the words that I had just written back to myself in my head: 'The girl’s sandy hair flew across her face. She wielded her precious sword encrusted with diamonds and rhinestones in the shape of ancient symbols. Fiercely, she looked back at her opponent. Blood dripped from his mouth and some teeth were lying on the floor, evidently his. His hands were held up, clearly in a surrendering motion, as he begged for his life. The sweat on his face plastered his hair to his forehead. Moira’s eyes shone with malice and callousness. She lifted the sword, ready to strike this helpless man. H

“Have a good night.” “You too,” she watched him go and pay. “F-k,” she muttered under her breath. She was going to have to read the documents and decide whether to destroy them or to pass them to Chris’ group of parents. She didn’t want to read about the misery of other people when she was so raw from the Triquetra. As she took the bottles up to the cash register, she saw that a copy of The Secret Keeper was tacked to the board behind the register. “You’ve seen it?” The clerk followed her gaze and grinned. “Our town vigilante has got a lot of people scratching their heads and looking sideways at their neighbours.”

Now, if only I could scare Ameline enough to make her slip up. Wishful thinking. School was just around the corner. Harvard, Liam, Shenka, classes. Maybe even getting to spend more time with Meira now that she was on the mend. Normalcy. Really? How mundane. I couldn't wait. End of Book Thirteen ###