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“Then educate me, soldier,” Warner wheezes out. His eyes
are dancing flames; dangerous. “Tell me what I’m failing to
understand.”
“Adam.” I’m shaking my head.
He meets my eyes. Nods. Turns to Warner. “Make the call,”
he says, squeezing his neck a little tighter. “Get us out of
here now.”
“Only my dead body would allow her to walk out that
door.” Warner exercises his jaw and spits blood on the floor.
“You I would kill for pleasure,” he says to Adam. “But Juliette
is the one I want forever.”
“I’m not yours to want.” I’m breathing too hard. I’m
anxious to get out of here. I’m angry he won’t stop talking
but as much as I’d love to break his face, he’s no good to us
unconscious.
“You could love me, you know.” He’s smiling a strange sort
of smile. “We would be unstoppable. We would change the
world. I could make you happy,” he says to me.
Adam looks like he might snap Warner’s neck. His face is
so taut, so tense, so angry. I’ve never seen him like this
before. “You have nothing to offer her, you sick bastard.”
Warner presses his eyes shut for one second. “Juliette.
Don’t be hasty. Don’t make a rash decision. Stay with me. I’ll
be patient with you. I’ll give you time to adjust. I’ll take care
of you—”
“You’re insane.” My hands are shaking but I hold the gun
up to his face again. I need to get him out of my head. I
need to remember what he’s done to me. “You want me to
be a monster for you—”
“I want you to live up to your potential!”
“Let me go,” I say quietly. “I don’t want to be your
creature. I don’t want to hurt people.”
“The world has already hurt you,” he counters. “The world
put you here. You’re here because of them! You think if you
leave they’re going to accept you? You think you can run
away and live a normal life? No one will care for you. No one