Lotus Oden.
I would have jumped out of my seat. Moving my broken leg changed my mind. "What are you doing?" I shouted. "I've done everything you wanted." Because I didn't think it was as simple as Good job, here's your sister, you're free to go. These people didn't operate that way.
We're still eight million shy. My calculations are that we won't reach our total figure owed in sixty-five—no, sixty-three minutes."
"But you'll have it. It's taking longer than I expected, that's all I said."
"Tell me you didn't do what they wanted," Lila groaned, still fighting with her captor as he wrestled her close.
"I had to," I breathed, to her only. "I'm sorry.".
"They're going to kill us anyway." And Lila would rather die on her own terms, not let herself be bullied into doing their dirty work be
