Villainess
“Panic swelled up within me seeing Leila unconscious after everything I’d heard.
Cool as ice, Kristoph leaned over her, probing his fingers into her neck. “Her pulse is strong and steady.” He lifted her eyelid, studying and assessing. “Her pupils are normal, and so is her breathing.” He stood slowly, groaning under his breath. “I’ve seen this type of thing before, Jonah, and I’m sorry. I had my suspicions when I spoke with you, but I’d hoped I was wrong.” He shook his head slowly. “I’m not.”
“So... what does it all mean? She’s been conditioned, programmed, but to do what?” I rolled up the sleeves of my shirt, focusing on the motion to calm me. “It can be undone, right?”
“Project Reaper,” Kristoph said, his already pale face going ashen. “That name should terrify you. It does me.”
I thought back to what Leila had overheard when she’d been drugged. “You mean the whole Project Reaper 2.0?”
“Yes.” Kristoph lumbered over to my chair and sat.MoreLess
Cool as ice, Kristoph leaned over her, probing his fingers into her neck. “Her pulse is strong and steady.” He lifted her eyelid, studying and assessing. “Her pupils are normal, and so is her breathing.” He stood slowly, groaning under his breath. “I’ve seen this type of thing before, Jonah, and I’m sorry. I had my suspicions when I spoke with you, but I’d hoped I was wrong.” He shook his head slowly. “I’m not.”
“So... what does it all mean? She’s been conditioned, programmed, but to do what?” I rolled up the sleeves of my shirt, focusing on the motion to calm me. “It can be undone, right?”
“Project Reaper,” Kristoph said, his already pale face going ashen. “That name should terrify you. It does me.”
I thought back to what Leila had overheard when she’d been drugged. “You mean the whole Project Reaper 2.0?”
“Yes.” Kristoph lumbered over to my chair and sat.MoreLess
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