“Are you okay?” Kai asked, staring at me from the door.
I turned my back toward the room full of guns and weapons that could kill people in an instant. Even though Kai hadn’t answered my question about if Poison really did end lives, I could tell that I was right by the mere look on his face.
Poison killed people.
They really f*****g killed people.
“Yes,” I lied. “I’m fine.”
Straightening my back and smoothing out his shirt that covered my body, I shifted from foot to foot. I’d thought that it was all some joke. I’d thought that … that it was a rumor that they had spread to keep people in line, so nobody would f**k with them.
Stupid me hadn’t thought it was true.
“Imani,” Kai said, touching my elbow.
But I walked past him and into the bedroom to gather my clothes and belongings. “I
