Expose Them, sequel to Release Me (Editing)

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Hey readers, here's the sequel to Release Me. So if you haven't read Release Me yet, I advise you to before you move onto this one! Also again this hasn't been fully edited yet, so if there are grammar mistakes please let me know. And don't forget to comment along the way, and vote if you liked it :).

BEWARE: This book does have copyrights, so don't plan on stealing it, cause I'm going to track you down myself! (Evil laugh)

I need to Expose Them

But I'm being watched

I know the truth

And if I tell, someone I love dies

Leaves crunch underneath my feet, as I make my way through the woods. A branch snaps underfoot and I freeze, scanning my surroundings.

Alice, you're being followed.

I wait for whoever's following me to jump out from behind one of the trees since foolish me just helped them pinpoint my exact spot.

For the past ten minutes, I've had this feeling that someone's right on my tail, but I guess I'm mistaken, since after all the noise I made no one has pounced on me yet.

I continue onwards, pushing the trees' thick foliage aside. There's rustling behind me once again and I glance over my shoulder. The coast is clear. Must have just been a bird, or something. Stepping into the clearing, I fall onto my hands and knees, the tears I've been holding back breaking free.

"Alice?" An unsure voice calls.

I look up through blurry eyes, at my best friend Elena.

Keep an eye on her at all times, President White's words ring in my head.

"It's only you." I let out a sigh of relief.

Her eyes flit around the clearing. "Yeah, I believe so." She pauses for a few seconds and I hold my breath, until she continues, "What are you doing here?

I knew she was going to ask that.

I wipe my tear-streaked face with my sleeve. "Someone I loved is buried here." I keep my voice low, pushing aside the dried-out roses and placing down the fresh lilacs.

Elena places her hand on my shoulder. "Do you want to talk about it?"

I shake my head. "No, not tonight."

She crouches down beside me, so she can look me straight in the eyes. "Alice, what happened when you were there?"

I keep my eyes downcast, the clinic coming back to mind. "They cured me."

"For eight months?"

"People are there even longer."

"Like Hunter?"

My body goes rigid, my eyes landing on the grave before me. "Yeah, him," I whisper, a tear rolling down my cheek.

"What happened to him?" She rests her hand upon the grave.

I close my eyes, watching once again; Miss Jakins pulling the trigger, the bullet hitting Hunter right above his beating heart. "He didn't make it," I choke, my body trembling with my sobs.

Don't cry Alice, it's a weakness. Oh, shut up voice in my head.

Elena pulls me into her arms in a hug.

Regaining my composure, I push her away and get to my feet.

"Where are you going?"

"Home."