LUKE
Pushing the plunger on the syringe, Kat's body instantly falls lifeless to the ground, and I barely catch her before her head thumps against the floor. I can feel the wetness of my tears streaming down my face as I cradle her body close to mine.
I sit on the floor with her lifeless body in my arms, thinking about all the ways I could have been avoided. I should have been stronger. I should have denied my father.
When my father handed me the syringe, I tried to deny the Alpha command that washed over my body, but I was not strong enough to resist him. With gritted teeth, I took the syringe from his hand and marched into the gymnasium, like the perfect little soldier I am.
If she had just come with me, maybe she and I could have talked to my father together. We cou
