ed her footing when Kary

te and yanked her forward, closing the space between them until there was not

quieter this time, the name placed

by a terror so specific and adult it looked wrong on a seventeen-year-old's face. Her father had been screaming about the Ol

e throat for three months. I know the exact figures. I know who approved the initial move." She let that settle. "If

oked like she'd seen something supernatural. Something that had shatter

word-and walked away as fast as she could without actually ru

from Karyn the way they drifted away from

do's name was playing with a loaded g

ouched by the fountain, c

e. "To protect his image. That's who he is." S

ady a different person than

e

-not on her skin, but deeper, at the base of her skull, the specifi

look

e glass of the s

dy

the crowd's fear, Karyn standing alone in the center of it all. His face was still. His

nger and tapped

om here. She only knew it

. T

edator who has just discovered t

d stared at the black mirror of h

would stay on his side of the