Black City
“She’s surrounded by her cronies, who all stare at me in stunned silence as I pick up a glass paperweight and throw it across the room. It smashes against the portrait of Purian Rose hanging above the fireplace. “Natalie!”“How could you?” I scream. “You infected the Darklings with Wrath?”The staff members scurry out the door, eager to get away, and I slam the door behind them. Mother narrows her icy blue eyes at me. “I don’t know where you heard that nonsense about the Wrath but—” “Cut the crap!... I know you did it. What I don’t understand is why,” I say.Mother tenses, accentuating the sharp angles of her bony frame. She’s about to protest, then sighs, relenting. “Because Darklings are vermin and need to be exterminated.” I knew she was involved, but to hear her admit it still knocks the wind out of me.“What about Chris and those other kids? The ones who took your Golden Haze? Were they just vermin too?” I say. “Their deaths were unfortunate, but I’m not going to lose any sleep over a couple of Hazers.”MoreLess
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