ARIA
After wiping my cheeks, I left that place and walked back to my room.
There was no point staying there. Nothing else would be said. Nothing would change.
Only the basics went into my bag. Clothes. Water. A small kit. My knife. The keys to one of the jeeps that brought us here were still hanging by the door. I took them. Then I wrote a short note for Kael.
Not everything. Not the fear. Not the anger. Just enough. Enough to tell him I would be safe. That I would think before I acted. That this was not reckless.
The plan stayed clear in my mind.
Victor Blackwood would confess. I would make sure of it. I would get his words recorded. And when the truth was out, Kael could kill him in front of everyone.
Publicly. Clean. Final.
And Victor would not touch me.
Not when he learned I
