the game

kally

terrence and i have decimated the group sent to kill us and now we are meeting up with the group backing him. there's more people than i thought that are behind terrence. i shiver, once again glad he's on my side. he makes a plan. a plan he wants to keep secret from tigris. and then he disperses them back into their regular regimens. they chuckle and they lead each other back through the ranks, poisoning them.

now he calls me towards the base calling others on his watch and checking in on the front of the battle. he looks like he's finally breathing freely. he is built to lead. he sees things that others don't. he thinks through options others don't. he is circle in a box of squares.

i call kassie but the call goes through without her picking up. i don't know what i was expecting. i sigh and return to terrence's side.

"any news from kassie?" he begins.

i shake my head. there's a look of irritation in his eyes that doesn't reach his lips when he says the next words.

"we need to throw tigris off this level. and i still haven't figured out how to do that," he looks back around the base.

"what do you mean by throw tigris off?" i ask.

"break her," and i could swear he smiles.

"and how do you plan on doing that?" i've seen only a few people with that look.

the look that says he has nothing to lose.

i force myself to calm before i voice my thoughts out loud.

"you're better at it than i am," he grins mischievously. "and together our powers are more formidable than ever."

"is there any particular reason you're going this far? you know, before i devote my stats to the plan," i contemplate.

he gives me a measured stare and then i look away to look at my nails. he doesn't want to tell me. that's interesting. he doesn't trust me. well that's not good. how do i make him trust me?

i look up to see him still looking at me.

"you can't tell anyone," he says it under his breath. i smile. "i've been looking into tigris' past the last week and i found some stuff that might be interesting."

now it's my turn to smile mischievously.

"her last name is lux which coincides with her father's last name. i came across her father's name in a history book about the beginning of the war. he was one of veronica's commanders that helped her piece alasia back together after victoria left," his lips curled into a very sinister grin.

"what about it?"

"he was known for his undying loyalty. very few have boasted of that towards veronica until the truth about victoria came out. when there was nothing to contradict it, it was taken as fact. everyone ushered her in to take over but what if we were wrong? what if we were all wrong?" the words come tumbling out of his mouth.

the veronica that murdered rose cummings fits that image all too perfectly.