Total pages in book: 177
Estimated words: 178117 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 891(@200wpm)___ 712(@250wpm)___ 594(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 178117 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 891(@200wpm)___ 712(@250wpm)___ 594(@300wpm)
I help her off the ground. “You okay?”
BANG!
Penelope’s eyes widen.
I turn to look at where the sound came from, but I’m pretty certain I know what it was.
Gunfire.
“Stay here,” I tell her.
“Fuck no,” she says, quickly grabbing her dress and swiftly putting it on, then grabbing her little bag. “I’m coming with you, and we’re gonna take those fuckers down.”
It’s not a question. It’s a command.
And I can’t fucking help but oblige.
Dylan
I’m running through the woods as fast as I can, circling the bonfire while simultaneously avoiding anything these Phantom fuckers throw at me. Knives, sticks, fucking rocks they picked up off the ground.
Until Kai pulls out a gun.
BANG!
The shot fires and ricochets off the tree right beside me.
I skid to the right and jump over a bunch of rocks, headed straight toward The Edge.
I should’ve brought my fucking gun. Fuck. Too much is at stake.
I have to lead them away from her.
I don’t want her getting caught in the crossfire.
“Get back here, you fucking son of a bitch!” Josh shrieks. “If I catch you, I’ll chop your fucking dick off!”
BANG!
Another shot fires into the rock I briefly hide behind before I run farther up the hilly area near The Edge. A path leads underneath a large overhanging rock, and I bolt through it, only to head left immediately, climbing up the steep hill.
Kai’s right behind me, shooting into the bushes at random.
“Come out, come out, wherever the fuck you are, snake!” he yells. “You know I’ll fucking catch you.”
When they’re right underneath the rock, I jump down. I land right on top of Kai, and we fall to the mossy ground, tumbling around in the leaves.
“Motherf—Get off me!” he growls. “I’m gonna fucking kill you!”
He attempts to aim at me, and I grasp his wrist. I’m not going down without a fight.
But this fucker is strong, and I can barely hold on, the gun getting closer and closer to my face.
Josh wraps his hands around my neck, tugging hard, and I’m fucking choking trying to hold on to Kai’s wrist so he won’t fucking shoot me.
Suddenly, someone drags Josh away from me, and I can finally fucking breathe again.
Now it’s time to snuff out theirs.
BANG!
The gun goes off, the bullet flying straight past my ear, grazing my skin.
Blood oozes down my neck, but I ignore it and fight for control.
“Dylan! Catch!” I briefly turn my head because the voice catches me off guard.
Penelope.
Fuck. What is she doing here? I told her to run.
She throws me her knife, and I catch it just in time before Kai shoots again.
I slice through his face.
“FUCKKKK!” he screams, grabbing his eye. “My eye!”
I snatch his gun from him and slam him in the head with it, knocking him out. Blood pours from the wound as well as his ear. He might be dead, but I don’t even fucking care. All I’m focused on is getting that fucker Josh.
Alistair’s got both hands wrapped around Josh, who’s kicking and jabbing him wherever he can. Penelope fishes another knife from that little bag of hers and holds it over his neck so he’ll stop thrashing around.
“Let go of me, you fucking snake!” Josh growls.
“You threatened me,” Penelope hisses. “I don’t take that lightly.”
“Nathan deserves retribution,” he barks back.
I wipe Penelope’s knife on my pants. “And what about Eve?”
An unquenchable fire begins to rage inside me as I crack my fingers while walking toward him. “You fucking bullied her until she cried?” Pure fury courses through my veins as I approach him.
“You …” Penelope stammers, the knife trembling in her hand. “You could be the reason she jumped.”
“Hey, I can’t help that bitch killed herself,” he responds through gritted teeth. “I’m not responsible for what bitches do.”
Tears well up in her eyes. The knife in her hand drops to the ground. The pain on her face is too much to take, even for me.
Fuck laying low.
My nostrils flare. “And I’m not responsible for what I’m about to fucking do to you.”
I thrust the knife deep into his abdomen, twisting and turning it until his guts spill out.
He groans in pain when I pull out, blood gushing from the wound.
“Pin him to the ground,” I tell Alistair.
Alistair kicks him in the shins, knocking Josh over. His body lands on the muddied ground with a thud. I pick up the knife Penelope dropped, clutching them both, before I grab one of his hands. “Grab his other hand.”
Alistair doesn’t even say a word and just does as he’s told while Penelope stares at us, still silently trembling from what she just found out.
Some random asshole from the Phantoms made Penelope’s sister cry. Fuck knows what they did to her that was so bad she couldn’t bear it. Just that one act could’ve been the catalyst to why she jumped from The Edge.