Nova Grace

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Chapter 10| Scythe

"They could give me all the stitches
But a part of me is missing
It's you, it's you"

— No One Can Fix Me, Frawley

𑁍Nova𑁍

I slump on the floor right there on the hallway, my back to the wall. Holy gorilla snot what in the world is this?

With shaky hands I open the first attachment, it's an image. I download it and look around, relieved to see no one's around

But my relief is short lived when the full weight of the universe falls on my shoulders. Okay that's exaggerating but pretty much what I feel when I look at the picture

It's him

One of the officers that attacked me that night. He's sitting on a table, a whiskey on his hand. His head is tilted, listening to whatever someone is telling him

The other person isn't on the image but I know there has to be one, that much looks obvious

The tattoo on his hand catches my attention, and I block the images that come with it. The night was too dark for me to truly make out the design but I knew it was there

His wrist is circled by a rose vine, even though it's a picture, they look bright red and vivid.

I decide right then that I absolutely loathe roses and I never want to see one again

I want to call Rune but I open the other image instead. For what feels like the thousandth time this morning my heart drops

It's the other him

The one who held my brother down while his friend had his way with me

His dark hair is shaved on the sides, he wears a huge yellow watch. He leans forward like the other guy, his mouth open mid-sentence. I wish I could see the full picture but I also don't

I feel sick, like, for real sick. I quickly push the computer and bag to the side as I run to the trash can on the other side of the hallway

I vomit what little I had in my stomach until it's empty. There are many things in this world that scare me and puking is definitely on the top of the list

The feeling of not being able to breathe at all, choking on the nasty liquid. Gosh I'm not even gonna think about it

I wipe my mouth with my sleeve, shaking so hard my knees give out. I somehow make it to where my phone is, still staying on the ground since I don't trust my legs to keep me up

I open my messages to text Rune but see unopened texts from a number I don't recognize. I quickly text my twin where I am before opening the messages

Hey it's Dawson, i got ur number from Cady's phone. i know this is too out of the blue but she left me a note w instructions in case smthng happened to her

Messed up but that's Cady right?

I sent u a couple pictures w her email, don't worry i didn't see em in case it was private