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Zachary was doing—like I would have done. They begged.
    "Then you heard wrong. I might be a devious bastard, but I'm not stupid." His face shifted a little as he glanced over at me. "Please. I have a wife and two  girls. Pretty girls, like yourself. I didn't..." he let out a sob and dropped his head toward his chest. His whole body shook. "I didn't do this. I swear I didn't."
    "Look up. I want to see your eyes when I shoot you," Dante barked, but the man kept his head down.
    The soft whisper of his prayers tore me in half and tears blurred my vision. What were we doing? What was I doing there?
    And that’s when I jumped in. “Stop it right now!” I shouted. “Let him go!”
    Dante looked at me. “I knew you were too soft.”
    “You’re right. I can’t do murder. I won’t.”
    “You really want me to let him go?”
    I touched his arm. “Yeah. Please.”
    “He’s  scum.”
    “He’s a human being.”
    “You’re not the son your daddy wanted.”
    “Guess not.”
    “Being a girl makes you weak.”
    “Guess so.”
    “What will your daddy say?”
    “I don’t give a fuck. I’m done with his tests.”
    I started to reach for Dante as the gun went off twice.
    Oh my gosh! Dante shot him!
    Everything was a blur. My senses were numb. Turning, I walked from the shed like it meant nothing, but inside my soul shattered. How in the world could I be a part of something so malicious and cruel was scary.
    Dante chased after me. Like a lion stalking its prey, he jumped and knocked me to the ground. He jumped on top of me and held the gun to my head.
    My stomach lurched. Was I next?
    I pleaded for him not to kill me.
    He softly stroked my hair. “I care about you, Selene.”
    “Funny way of showing it,” I spat.
    He lowered the gun and looked at me. “We’re not going to tell your daddy you chickened out. Got it? Far as he knows, you watched…and didn’t try to stop it.”
    “I passed?”
    “You passed, now get up.”
    He held out his hand and helped me up. I stared into his cold eyes. The eyes of a cold-blooded murderer.
    “Are you going to be okay?” he asked.
    “Hell, what’s one more nightmare, right?” I said in a sarcastic tone.
    “Don’t look at me like that, Selene. Just go along with everything I say.”
    “And then what? Just go on and live my life?”
    “Yeah. And if you open up your pretty, little mouth, then you’re dead too.”
    “Living in fear is not living.”
    “Shut up with the bullshit. And do what’s expected of you, Princess.”
    “You’re a monster,” I said, wiping tears from my face. “I was willing to jump into your world, but not at this cost. It’s way too much. Murdering people in cold blood is wrong. I want out!”
    “There’s no getting out now. And what would your father think of this pathetic display right now?”
    “He can go fuck himself! I’m done!”
    “You just need time to process all of this. And your father will flip if he knows you failed. So I’m going to cover your ass. Because you’ve done so well in all the other tests.” He pushed a strand of hair out of my eyes. “You owe me, Selene. Don’t think I won’t collect.”
    I took a trembling step backward.
    “Now, get the hell out of here,” he said. “Spread your wings, little butterfly. And think about how you’re going to pay me back.”
    Tears dripped down my face as I jogged around the house and got on my bike. I had no clue where I was going, but I couldn't stay there. I might turn into the black nothingness that lived around me if I did.
    I would sooner die.

Chapter 2
    Lucky
     
               I took an ass kicking for Lena and survived. When I was well enough, I found out she checked out of the hospital. But she’d left me a note on my bedside table. She said she was breaking up with me for my own good and to stay away. She said she came in when I was sleeping and kissed me goodbye. I actually remember hearing her sweet voice. When I went home, she refused to see me. She