“Really? She had no qualms about asking Hale or Brazen to lie to me. Two of the men I’ve trusted with my life, she asked them to lie, and they did it. They kept her fucking secret, and they would have carried it to the grave. And you, I saved your life. I stood up for you over and over. I risked my own life to save you, and you left me in the dark as well. She has no concern for me, and she convinced all of you to feel the same fucking way. Pardon me for not feeling sorry for the princess who lived a normal, happy, scar free life. Everyone seems to keep choosing her over me, and that’s just fine. Keep her. I’m done,” I snarl out, and she only cries harder.
“Araya, that’s not fair,” Hale scolds. “She didn’t want to tell us. Grayson wanted us to know after he found out because he wanted to find a way to tell you without you going crazy. We were all working out a plan that would benefit you. She hated her father for abandoning you. She hasn’t even talked to him since she found out other than when she confronted him.”
“Keep defending her. She’s weak. She needs you to keep her safe. I sure as fuck don’t,” I growl, and then I rush out of the room and away from the pathetic girl they all love so fucking much.
“Araya,” Brazen yells. “I’m not letting you leave.”
Hale and Clay run out behind him, and their eyes show their fear and worry for what I’ll do next.
“Not letting me?” I laugh out. “You don’t get it, do you? You have no choice but to let me leave because you can’t stop me. No one can. I don’t give a fuck if the United finds out about my desertion or not. I dare someone to come after me.”
I throw out my hands to send them all flying backwards into the wall, and then I run faster than I ever have as I find my way to my office. I grab my emergency funds card along with my emergency flight bag. I sling the wall out of my way to open it up to the dark, tainted sky above as my tears continue to fall freely.
The quietness of the compound ensures the sleeping people haven’t been too disturbed. The guards above don’t seem too concerned with my mess since they know I have a tendency to break things, and one even waves at me as I climb into a compound vehicle. I crank it up, and then I fling my wrists to open the gate.
The guards still don’t react since I’m not a threat, and I sling up dust as I see Brazen and Hale running toward the parking lot. I slam the gate shut behind me, and I hold it in place so they can’t follow me. By the time I have to let it go, they’ll be too far behind to catch up.
Then something I wasn’t expecting happens. Hale uses his gift to blast through the wall, and his car comes surging out of the gap he has created.
Sorry boys. Not tonight. Not ever again.
I wink at my rearview mirror, and all of his tires go flat at once. I see him slapping the top of the car when he gets out, and Brazen follows his lead as he climbs out of the passenger seat. They barely become ant-sized by the time I see them running back toward the compound for another vehicle. They’ll never catch me now. They’ll never see me again if I can help it.
