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Playlist:

Shout by Tears for Fears

Running Up That Hill By Kate Bush

Control by Halsey 

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From behind my left eye, a piercing pain shoots through me, spreading its tendrils across my entire head. I quickly sit up, fearing a bleeding eye, but there's nothing there when I check. The pain subsides to the tickling sensation. Someone is trying to compel me? I glance down at Abe's peaceful slumber, his arm still curled in the exact spot where I lie, then the familiar sensation washes over me once more.

"Alright." I rise, crossing the room to gaze out the window.

Enni sands up anxiously and signals for me to come down. A fleeting thought to wake up Abe crossed my mind, but I push it out. That fear of the possibility of causing him harm envelops me as I stealthily move around the room to the door, and tiptoed past Harper's parents' room, then Charlie's room. Trying the doorknob to make sure she is asleep, I discover it locked.

I don't realize I'm holding my breath until I get down the stairs into the kitchen, no one is aware I'm up. Despite the paralyzing sensation of not being able to trust Enni, there must be a reason why Milo assigned her to watch over me. The best course of action could be to stay in the house, or alternatively, I could ask Milo for details. With the big mission tonight, I can't afford to distract him with my nonsense. With my reservations still lingering, I gingerly slip out the front door, careful to avoid any noise.

Enni is looking around, her eyes wide as she hyperventilates.

"Are you okay?" I cross the grass to her, crossing my arms against my chest. The cold cuts against me like a knife.

"No, someone is here, someone is here for you. I sensed their call." She grabs on to me and tries to pull me along with her.

"Maybe it would be safer if I went back inside then." I pull my arm away from her. "They can't come in unless someone invites them in."

"No, Levi said if anything like this happens, to bring you to a safe location."

"Where?" I take a step back from her, something is off about this.

She turns her wide eyes to me, and her ragged breathing turns into a cold, hard, body rattling laugh. My heart thuds hard in my chest, I knew it; I told Milo, and he sent her anyway. I look towards the house, but she abruptly stands before me, leaving no time to react. "Yes, your fear makes you smell so good."

"Why? What about Adam?" I take a step back, but she grabs me, pulling me into her.

"Adam wanted to run away, start his own nest, he didn't want to pick a side. I did, I wanted to be on the side of strength. Jude is so powerful, so strong, so magnificent. When we get to him, you'll see, you'll get to meet him in all his power."

I try to pull away, but she has such a powerful grip on me. "Did you have something to do with his death?"

Her lips are on my neck now. "I'm not going to tell you anything. We're going to wait for Jason."

I grab a hold of her hair and tried to yank her back, but she didn't even budge. She pushes me down on the ground, and I let out a cry as I land in an awkward position, pain shoots up my arm. Using every ounce of my strength, I manage to turn and lift myself up, determined to push forward despite the exhaustion. However, she pushes me once more, causing my head to slam against the hard pavement. I experience dizziness, yet remain conscious. "Milo-"

"Milo? He's two states away from you, I left without telling him, he has no idea I'm here. I eliminated the help he sent, it's you and me. No one is going to save you. I wanted to do it last night, but you were too busy getting cozy with some boy."

Abe comes up in my mind, the sweet guy I adore, I should have woken him up.

"Where the hell is he?" She's pacing now. I glimpsed around her to the house, the door was likely several yards away from me, but with her speed she would get me, so I shifted my attention to the surrounding houses. All is dark, without a living soul moving around inside them. If I'm quick, I can reach a door and bang it. Even if she catches me, they can still help. But she would compel them, and then she would take me without Jason. What if, and I regret not thinking of this sooner, I scream? More will emerge beyond her ability to compel, but I'll be fine.

I open my mouth, but before I have the opportunity to scream, she stomps down on my stomach, knocking the air from my lungs. My head is spinning again as I gasped out for air.

"Keep your goddamn mouth shut if you know what's good for you." She hisses over me. "We'll have to leave; Jason can catch up later."

"You bitch!" I wheeze at her, and she's on me. For such a skinny woman, I could feel her strength as she pushes my shoulders painfully into the road.

"Shut that mouth of yours before I lose it and rip your damn throat open." Her eyes flick down to my arm. "You smell delicious, maybe a small taste." She sits up on me, bearing the weight down on my stomach, putting her knee on my good arm, and lifting the bloody one to her. I try to pull and twist away, but her grip is too strong, all I could do is watch in horror as she slides my open wound against her tongue. Her pretty silver eyes begin to fill with blood, she leans back down to me, lifting her body off of me. "What I really want to do is smash your goddamn head open, and drink from it like a cup. I want it to hurt, I want your dying moment to be in pain."

In an attempt to go unnoticed, I surreptitiously move my legs under her and firmly press my feet against her stomach, pushing with all my strength. She doesn't move, I'm not able to get all the way under her, and she's too damn strong. "Milo is going to rip your head off."

"Milo is going to be dead tonight." She grins, my blood resembling smeared lipstick across her mouth. "Powerful Milo will receive what he deserves, as will Nya, the mind worker who was unable to. They thought they are being clever setting a trap, but I know things, people talk. They say that Levi has been failing them since you came into the picture, they said he wants us to fail so he can move on. Milo is not even a fraction of what he once was. The stories about him would make your skin crawl, now he's pathetic on Levi's short leash." She puts her hand against my forehead, pushing me back down against the street, her lips find their way to my neck.

Then she jolts up. Her silver eyes sweeping the empty street, her lips move as if to ask what that is. In a swift motion, she stands up without uttering a single word and pulls me up alongside her. However, out of nowhere, something enormous crashes into her, causing me to be forcefully pushed back down. Whatever it was causing her to slide across the road and collide with a mailbox, leaving her body motionless and crumpled. Inhaling the air as much as possible, I glanced upward at someone I knew.

"Nik?" I gasp out.

"Hello, sorry. I was preoccupied with throwing off the scent for some others." He showcases his amazing grin directed towards me. "You okay?" He squats down and examines me.

I nod, clutching my stomach tightly. "What's happening?"

"Levi had an intuition that Enni played a part in Adam's death." He helped me up to my feet. "He's been trying to keep an eye on her, but of course right now he can't, and Milo had too much on his plate. You need to get that arm cleaned."

Laughter caught his attention, Enni is up on her feet now. Her eyes flicked between me and Nik, her teeth bare. "Hello old man."

Nik looked at me, and then the house I'm staying in, then he turns his attention to Enni. "Enni, I know Adam had his problems, but did you really have to kill him?"

She rose to her full height and tilted her head to the side. "You people are so stupid sometimes. Jude is offering a bounty on her." She nods towards me and noticed me inching away towards the house. Within a second, she is in front of me. "He promises power among his ranks, something a rogue like me wants out of life, not the suburbs." She grabs my arm, but Nik used his force against her again, knocking her away from me.

"Run!"