CHAPTER 29: Confrontation
“Natalie—“
“Don’t touch me.”
I felt myself tremble. My entire body shook and for the first time in so long, it wasn’t because I was scared, it was because I was mad. So, so mad.
“Natalie, please—“ But I cut Rina off, stepping away from her when she tried touching me again.
“Ariella? Really? Who exactly are you?” I asked, wanting to scream so loud at her, but controlling myself.
All of those vague warnings that came from random people came back to me. Those things that Maxwell said about me being the next. How Jordan despised them. How Miss Booker didn’t want to mingle with their situation anymore. And those girls she talked about. She said something about many scars they’ve seen on girls.
I gaped at the connection I made in my head.
Everything was just
