Chapter Thirty-Two
Everything went numb as I walked back to class. I couldn’t see the faces of the people I passed. They were all blurry. Inhuman. Demons who had come to join my nightmare. But their chosen torment sliced deeper than simple terror.
The feeling that carved out my lungs wasn’t fear. It was bigger than that. Sharper.
Trapped. Cornered. No way to protect her.
The walls of the corridor swayed, but somehow my feet kept moving.
I stopped at the bottom of the steps to the Tropics Dome. Captain Tate had told me to go back to class, but why should it matter if I disobeyed? They’d already taken everything from me.
Broken. Caged. Alone.
I leaned against the wall. I wanted to scream, but I couldn’t draw in enough air.
Keep moving, Jaime said. You still have more to lose.
“I don
