Book 3 of the Tugsten Series
Following Season Five of The 100.
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#19 in engineer 05/05/2020
#18 bellamyblake 10/12/2019
#17 in clarkegriffin 02/11/2019
#9 in seasonfive 11/03/2020
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"Avery can't you see it? Bellamy has his little kingdom and you are no longer the Queen. Not anymore."
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A/N I'm dedicating this chapter to @clarktravis624 because you BLEW UP MY PHONE WITH COMMENTS TODAY! I wont lie they made me smile and laugh so here's a long ass chapter as a thank you xx
Hearing the door whine behind me I don't spare a glance to know who it is. Nobody is allowed to see contestants before a fight beside Bloodreina. It's a rule set out when two lovers tried to flee the cage match. I'm not sure where they'd expected to go in a bunker filled with nine hundred Grounders. It's not like they could run outside and hide in the forest. As soon as they were brought to Octavia she executed them in the middle of the bunker corridor for all to see. If I close my eyes I can still hear them choking on the blood spilling from their throats.
Octavia's footsteps stop behind me, not moving an inch closer to me. "No matter how big and scary I get", Octavia recites to me "Long leap to poisoning me." When I remain silent, Octavia adds "You and I both know Bellamy wouldn't have known how much of Monty's algae would put me in a coma."
"You got me", Tilting my head around to watch Octavia, I insincerely mutter "Whoops."
Octavia knows I'm not sincere by the way she narrows her gaze down at me. Unlike before she doesn't seem angry, only hurt. Betrayed. Rolling her lip between her teeth, Octavia stalks slowly over to me "I never thought you would turn against me. Not once in the six years that we've been down here have I questioned that." Her gaze on the cement wall, Octavia takes a stiff seat beside me "You never once gave me a reason to."
"Octavia I was loyal to you because you stepped up and became the leader we needed down here", I explain curtly to her. My gaze returning to my fingers I fiddle calmly with them "I supported and defended you against everyone because we needed to survive. None of it was pretty or a good option but it was the best we had and you led us through it with a brave face." Sparing a glance back at Octavia I see her staring at the wall intently "But that time has passed. Now we get a chance to be better. You're so desperate to hold onto that power you're leading Wonkru into a war you can't win." Octavia's about to respond when I cut her off "Maybe you will win. But at what cost Octavia?"
