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But I couldn’t stop kicking or crying, and Magni had to pull me away again, holding on to me and carrying my weight when I collapsed in his arms.
We fell to the floor together, my body trembling with the emotional shock I was in, and Magni holding on to me, stroking my hair with soothing sounds.
“He can’t hurt you anymore, it’s over, Johnson is dead,” he said.So am Iresounded in my brain.
Killing a mentor would no doubt cost me my life. I couldn’t hide what I had done and being fifteen, I was old enough to stand trial in an adult court of law. I would be sentenced to death for my crime and there was nothing I could do about it.
“They’re going to kill me,” I whispered, with snot and tears making my voice break.
“Probably, but they’ll have to kill me first,” Magni muttered and leaned his forehead against mine. “He had it coming. We did the world a favor, don’t ever forget that.”
CHAPTER 20
Genetics
Athena
“Now I see it,” Hans said and nodded to Tristan and Finn, who were laughing together. “Theydolook alike.”
He was right. Tristan was a mini version of Finn, although much more polite and polished. But unlike me, Tristan seemed fascinated whenever Finn dropped the F word.
Through my kitchen window, I watched Tristan and three of his siblings playing in the snow. It was much too cold for my taste and I had gone back inside with the excuse that I would prepare some hot cocoa and homemade cake for us all. Hans had been quick to offer his help.
“I hope he doesn’t drop them,” Hans said with a nervous smile when Finn squatted down and lifted Samuel and Charlotte up to pose for a picture that Tristan was taking. The five-year-old twins were grinning widely when Finn stood back up with each of them sitting on one of his shoulders.
“He’s very strong,” Hans muttered.
“Yes, he is,” I agreed as those unwanted butterflies took flight between my ribs again.
Tonight was our last night together. My big visions for bringing Finn enlightenment and peace had failed. He showed no interest in meditation or other types of spiritual work. And he was as closed off to sharing his secrets now as he had been when he first arrived.
Every time I thought about Finn leaving tomorrow, disappointment and sadness descended on me. I blamed it on my naïve ambition I would be able to grow his empathy in five days.
Tonight, I would lift the fake curse for the last time and he would seek out the first female who would let him sleep with her.
I would never know if he actually did find satisfaction with her, because I already knew there would be no further contact between us after tomorrow.
There it was again, that pinch in my heart.
“You can call them in now,” I told Hans. “The hot chocolate is ready.”
Two minutes later, the four children’s excited voices mixed with Finn’s laughter as they took over my small home, dropping shoes, jackets, hats, and gloves in every corner, and went to get their cake and cocoa from the kitchen table.
“But if your friend is that tall, he would have to duck his head just to go through this door,” Tristan said in the middle of a conversation with Finn.
“For sure,” Finn confirmed. “I’m telling you, I’m small compared to him.”
“But you’re so tall,” Tristan said with awe in his voice.
“I know, but Magni is much taller. I’m six foot two while he’s almost seven feet.”
“Wow, how tall is this ceiling?” Tristan asked and raised his hand up to see if he could reach it.
“I don’t know.” I shrugged.
Tristan and his younger sister Reva started looking for a measurement app on their wristbands and were soon measuring the height to my ceiling.
“It’s two meters and thirty-five centimeters,” Reva said and looked down again. “That’s seven point two feet.”
