Page 211 of Blood Day
I didn’t elaborate on why; she had to know the lycans were on her trail.
She froze on the camera for half a beat before doing what I’d commanded.
When you reach the corridor you originally came in from, keep going straight. Then I want you to hang a right and open the third door on your left.
She didn’t reply, just kept running, her skepticism darkening her thoughts. She wondered if this was all just in her mind, a trick that would lead to a murderous end.
Mere weeks ago, that would have made her want to fight.
But now…
Now it seemed my sweet flower no longer cared as much as she used to about survival. She’d begun dying in this prison, her mind poisoned by the society that had tricked her into vying for a better life only to throw her to the literal wolves.
I would bring her back to life, give her the vitality her mind and body craved, and take her to a place where she could grow and thrive.
Almost there, Lily,I whispered to her.
Damien was fucking with the doors, making it hard for the lycans to open the one she’d closed in her original hallway.
“It’s like watching mice try to find the cheese,” he mused, his lips curling into a feral smile as he thwarted the wolves again. “Idiots.”
I didn’t respond, because my Lily was thecheesein this scenario. And thoseidiotswould soon use their brute force to?—
“There you go,” Damien commended as the lycans kicked the door open.
Keep going,I immediately told Lily, her ears hearing thesound of their pursuit.Third door, darling. Open it and do not scream.
What?
Trust me.
Trust you,she repeated sourly.
Lily,I bit at her, needing her to focus.Save your anger. You’re going to need it. Now open that fucking door and silently close it behind you.
The screen displayed her doing exactly as I’d commanded.
And then her mouth dropped at the pile of flesh waiting for her as she faced the room.
Don’t—
She clapped her hand over her lips, her eyes rounding in alarm, but no sound left her.I hate you!
I didn’t kill those humans, little flower.
No. You just trained me to become one of them. Is this some sort of sick joke? A way to truly lead me to my fate?
Calm down.
Calm down?she repeated.Calm down?!
Fuck, where was this fire in all the months I trained you?
What do you think drove me to survive all your classes?she shouted back to me, her hand falling from her lips and forming a fist at her side.
I sighed.Lily?—
No. Tell me your whole plan right now. I want?—
