ELENA Back to Present I stared at Atlas with my mouth hung open, shock and fury whiplashing through me as I began to put two and two together, and slowly, it came to me. Oh my God, he was really just like the rest of them, wasn’t he? How on earth have I been a fool all my life? Was that really what I was created to be? A fool, a naive girl that couldn’t think for herself for once, to see that she was being played. Being used. A test subject. “Let me ask you, and I need the truth from you.” He pinned me with his gaze, striking blue eyes telling me everything I needed to know before I even asked. But I still needed to ask… I had to give every benefit of doubt. “Did you know who I was back then?” My eyes burned into him steadily, as I didn’t want to miss even the tiniest bit of react

