[RECOMMENDED THAT YOU READ HV&HM FIRST] "You think he'll let you?" "You think he can stop me?" ⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻ Margeux can't decide whether she's a sociopath, or a psychopath. Continuous events tend to sway her either way. Out of all the people she could kill on her eighteenth birthday, she ends up killing a task force's most wanted man. When they offer her a position with them - she has one question. How many more people does she get to kill? ⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻ "What are you doing?" I ask instantly, annoyed when she pulls it out of my reach. "Killin' the cat." "What?" "Never heard that?" She tilts her head, "Curiosity killed the cat?" I groan, "No - I - give it back." "Hmm." She hums before tapping her chin. "What do I get in return?"

"I hate everyone." "Except me, right?" "No, especially you." ⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻ It's funny, isn't it? That when the whole world decides to become infected with a brutal and fatal virus, the real monsters are the ones still alive? Blake Finnegan lost most of his life before the apocalypse anyway. So for him, it's no problem. But can a group of four just as tormented teenagers change his perspective? ⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻ "Genies grant three." "I'll take three." I shrug. "Two." He bargains. "Three." I say sterner. "One." He couldn't look any more relaxed. I almost take up his earlier offer on two. Almost. I'm still too stubborn. "Five." I cross my own arms, covered in dirt. "I-" He stutters, "You're going backwards."