i've never let anger have a hold in my life. my emotions never charted my course, my values did. but when they took my father away from me they took something else too. my future. i knew from that moment on i would not be contented until the one that caused me this pain is dead.
the only reason i've remained calm until now is because i haven't found them yet, but i will. and when i do, which will be soon, i will make them pay for everything they've ever thought of doing.
it's this train of thought i am walking through when luke bumps into me. he is walking awkwardly back towards the dorm and hardly notices what he's just done. i race to catch up to him.
"hey," i say by way of greeting.
"i may have made a very bad mistake," luke looks ghostly.
i veer us into my room.
"what's up?" i ask, settling on my bed.
"i can transfer energy, and i asked my professor about it and now he's putting me in all of these classes and..." i sit straight up like a bean pole.
"luke," i say slowly, my heart thrumming in my chest.
"you and i both know someone in the government is behind the power depleter and you're the missing ingredient, what if they use you to make them?" i can't stop the words from flowing out of me. "this is bad," my hands subconsciously rake through my hair. "what are they going to do to you?"
and with this thought my eyes make contact with luke's. he looks dead inside.
"what are you thinking?" i ask him as his eyes shift from spot to spot on the rug.
"i always thought, you know, i'm a healer so i thought that i'd be the hero. the one that always gets to save the person. never once have i wanted to kill someone. the only reason i'm in jaden is because this was ken and i's dream, but what if, what if they use me? what if they use me to kill?" luke looks distraught.
it's an odd thought to have someone express after i've thought of how i'm going to kill people. it's humbling.
"we'll figure it out luke. you should never have to kill people if you don't want to," i try and sound sympathetic like the thoughts of him being able to kill other people isn't a good thing. if worst comes to worst we could use his ability to kill off all the people that killed my dad. killed ken's mom. killed so many other necessary people. my fists clench as i hear luke talk of his desire for peace. one i know will never happen in this world.
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General FictionBOOK 2 WARNING: VIOLENCE/DARK THEMES/GORE/DEATH All of us come face to face with death in our lifetimes. Betrayal, lying, and the vulnerability of choosing our dreams over what others want from us. We never fit the plan, and that is what this book i...
